In the spring of 2009, a violent encounter on a street in Forestville, Maryland, set in motion a tragedy that would take months to reach its somber conclusion. On the evening of April 13, 21-year-old Jamiean Kacharius Ladsen, a resident of nearby Temple Hills, was shot in the 4500 block of Rena Road. The initial act of violence did not immediately claim his life, but it marked the beginning of a long and ultimately futile battle for survival.
Following the shooting, Ladsen was rushed to a
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