On a summer evening in New Orleans, 24-year-old Joseph Jermaine Byrd was with friends inside an apartment on Hollygrove Street. The date was June 8, 2005, a time that would soon be etched in the city's memory for another reason. That night, however, the focus was on a single, tragic event that began with a phone call.
Byrd stepped outside to take the call, leaving the company of his friends. Moments later, a commotion erupted. His friends inside heard screaming and a desperate banging on
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