In the summer of 2020, on the fifth of July, a young man's life was cut short in the small community of Boykin, Alabama. Markeesa Pettway, a 22-year-old, was fatally wounded in an act of gun violence that sent ripples through Wilcox County. The incident prompted an investigation that would soon lead to an arrest, bringing a small measure of clarity to a senseless tragedy.
In the days following the shooting, law enforcement officials worked diligently to piece together the events that led
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