In the warmth of a Birmingham, Alabama afternoon on Monday, May 17, 2021, a sequence of events tragically culminated in the death of 25-year-old Tavarius Hampton. A U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, Hampton had family ties that brought him back to the city where his life would unexpectedly end.
On that day, in the 7700 block of 6th Avenue South, Hampton was observed leaving a bag on the porch of a residence shortly before 1 p.m. This action drew the attention of t
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