In the late afternoon of December 18, 2009, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Baton Rouge neighborhood, leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Michael Smith, a 19-year-old Black male, was found behind a residence in the 1700 block of Wisteria Street, having sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The Baton Rouge Police Department had received multiple calls around 4:20 p.m. reporting several individuals armed with guns, running and shooting in the vicinity of South 15th and South 16t
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