Gerald Hightower Jr., a 33-year-old Black male from Columbus, Georgia, was killed in a shooting in early January 2015, leaving behind a public record that feels both sudden and fragmented. Memorial and obituary records place him in Columbus and show that his death was publicly mourned within days, while gun-violence records and local television reporting tie the killing to January 7, 2015. There is at least some conflict in the online record about the exact date, because obituary notices publish
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