In the small community of Lake Arthur, Louisiana, Christmas Day of 2016 was shattered by a violent act that ended the life of 41-year-old Shaft Francis. An African American male, Francis was at a family gathering when a dispute escalated into a fatal confrontation. Just before 6 p.m., police were dispatched to a residence in the 500 block of New Orleans Avenue following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered Shaft Francis with a gunshot wound to his chest; he was pronounced d
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