Tyjerus Kwame White, a 27-year-old Black man from Americus, Georgia, was killed on December 5, 2019, on a night that began with the confusion of what sounded like a wreck and ended as a homicide. Around 7:51 p.m., officers, firefighters, and EMS were sent to the area of Norman Cole Street and Bessie Mays Circle on a report of a traffic accident with injuries. When they arrived, they found White inside a vehicle and discovered he had been shot. He was rushed to Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, where
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