In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 59-year-old Bruce Cofield, a Black man, was tragically cut short. On September 12, 2017, Cofield was at a bus stop on Florida Boulevard when he was fatally shot. He was discovered lying in the roadway, having sustained a gunshot wound. At the outset of the investigation, authorities had no immediate suspects or a clear motive for the shooting. Cofield, who was experiencing homelessness at the time of his death, was remem
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