In the summer of 2018, the life of 25-year-old Deontre Gernond Turner, a Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, was cut short in a burst of violence. On the evening of August 18th, Turner was in his car in a west Birmingham neighborhood when he was fatally shot. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office later confirmed his identity.
According to initial reports, the shooting caused Turner to crash his vehicle. When law enforcement arrived at the scene on Pike Road and Court N, they found him
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