Do you know who killed Joseph Simmons? Joseph “Jenain” Simmons was a 37-year-old Black man from Laredo, Texas, whose life ended in a burst of violence far from home, on a stretch of Chester Street in Alexandria, Louisiana. What began as a single gunshot moment hardened into a case that would linger in the courts, reshaped by charging decisions and delays that stretched the wait for answers.
In September 2014, authorities charged Mark Russell Thomas, 33, of Alexandria with manslaughter in connection with Simmons’ shooting
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