In the quiet hours before dusk on January 9, 2025, a fatal encounter unfolded on Hewitt Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, leaving 48-year-old Derrick Martin, a Black male, dead from gunshot wounds. Just fifteen minutes before the shooting, Martin had texted his landlord, expressing growing concern about his 20-year-old roommate, Dante French. The messages painted a grim picture of escalating tensions, with Martin describing French as "bugging," punching walls, slamming doors, and unnervingly wa
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