On a spring evening in New Orleans, the life of 16-year-old Jamal Surtain was tragically cut short. The male teenager was killed on April 8, 2015, in a double shooting that unfolded in the Edgewood Park neighborhood, specifically on Franklin Avenue.
Jamal Prince Kelson Surtain, as he was fully named, was a victim of the persistent gun violence that plagues the city. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, details from the New Orleans Police Department were sparse, and the community wa
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