Romeo Bruce Bankhead, a 21-year-old Black/African American man from Bessemer, Alabama, died after a predawn shooting that unfolded in Hueytown just outside Birmingham. In the early hours of Monday, October 16, 2023, police were drawn to the 2500 block of 19th Street North after reports of gunfire. At first, investigators did not find clear evidence in the darkness, but the quiet didn’t last long; hours later—just before 4 a.m.—another call sent officers back to the same stretch of road, wh
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