In the late summer of 2015, the life of Irvin Rogers, a 27-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short in New Orleans. On August 6th, Rogers was discovered deceased inside his vehicle, the victim of a fatal shooting. The grim discovery was made in the city's 7th Ward, a community that has contended with the persistent specter of gun violence.
The circumstances surrounding Rogers' death pointed to a homicide, adding another statistic to the city's troubling count of violent cri
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