Do you know who shot Richard Carter outside of Mike's Crossroads? In the early morning hours of July 13, 2012, the life of 19-year-old Richard Carter, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. The quiet of the morning was shattered by the sound of gunfire outside of a lounge known as Mike's Crossroads, located in the 100 block of Third Avenue North. When the echoes of the shots faded, Carter was left fatally wounded.
The shooting occurred at approximately 5 a.m., a time when the city was just beginning to stir. The circumstances tha
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