In the late hours of a Thursday in May 2015, a verbal argument inside an apartment on Ira Street in southwest Atlanta escalated to a fatal conclusion. Barry Hawkins, a 51-year-old African American man, was shot in the leg. He was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital but ultimately succumbed to the gunshot wound on May 21, 2015.
The primary suspect identified in the shooting was Javoris Hurston. Following an investigation, Hurston was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with
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