Russ A. Lewis, a 27-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Louisiana, lost his life on the night of September 9, 2016, in a moment that turned ordinary streets into a place of heartbreak. Late that Friday, as the day slipped into night, violence found him in the city’s Seventh Ward. Around 11:10 p.m., police were called to the area near North Roman Street and Lapeyrouse Street. There, beside a vehicle, they found Russ down with a gunshot wound. The scene was sudden and stark, the kind of moment
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