On a cold autumn day in 2008, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short in Suitland, Maryland. Mario Nathaniel Shepard, a 26-year-old male from Cheltenham, and his friend, 23-year-old Kelvin Antonio Franklin of Upper Marlboro, were found deceased on November 7th in the unexpected quiet of a local cemetery. The cause of their deaths was determined to be from gunshot wounds, a violent end that shattered the peace of their communities and left their families grappling with a sudden and p
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