Manquel Mertez Whittsett was 38, a Black man, when his life was cut short in the early hours of June 5, 2013, outside the Stonegate Apartment Complex off Lakeshore Parkway in Birmingham, Alabama. Just before 1:00 a.m., police were called to the area, where he was found wounded by gunfire near a black 2004 BMW 545I on Leaf Lake Boulevard.
People living nearby later told investigators they heard multiple gunshots in quick succession. In the moments after the sound faded, Whittsett was disc
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