In the early morning hours of October 1, 2016, the life of 40-year-old Bernie Mathew Givens, an African American male, was violently cut short in Swainsboro, Georgia. What was initially reported as a death following a brief illness was, in reality, a brutal murder that would unravel a web of gang-related criminal activity in the community. Givens was found in the doorway of his King Circle Drive home with a fatal gunshot wound. The Swainsboro Police Department responded to the scene at approxima
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