In the early morning hours of December 16, 2007, a sense of grim familiarity descended upon the streets of Baltimore. Jamal Owen Rowlett, a 20-year-old Black male, became another life cut short by violence in the city. He was discovered at approximately 4 a.m. in the 1800 block of North Charles Street, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound. The young man, known affectionately to some as “Mal,” was rushed to Johns Hopkins Hospital, but his injuries proved too severe, and he was pronounced de
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