Cornelius C. Blake, a 42-year-old Black man from Center Point, Alabama, died on November 19, 2021, after gunfire shattered what began as a tense confrontation inside a home. That Friday night, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received urgent calls about multiple people being shot in the 2300 block of 5th Street Northwest, pulling deputies into a scene that was still unfolding in real time.
Deputies arrived around 7:55 p.m. and found one person dead at the house and another man wou
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