In the summer of 2011, a violent act on a Baltimore street cut short the life of a 33-year-old man. Demetrius Sowers, an African-American male, was shot and killed on the evening of August 14, 2011. The incident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 3400 block of Clifton Avenue.
The neighborhood where the shooting took place had been experiencing a number of violent incidents, contributing to the city's high homicide rate that year. In the aftermath of the shooting, law enforcement began an in
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