In the midst of a violent year in Baltimore, a 28-year-old Black man named Thelonius Monk was shot and killed on August 19, 2015. His death was one of 344 homicides that plagued the city that year, a record number that left a trail of unresolved grief and unanswered questions. The shooting occurred on a West Baltimore street, adding another statistic to the city's grim tally.
Monk's story, however, resonated beyond the cold facts of a police report due to a chance encounter years earlier
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