In the early evening hours of a Friday in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the life of 18-year-old Jalen Merriweather was tragically cut short. On February 9, 2018, the Holt High School senior found himself in a violent confrontation while defending his sister at the Broadmoore Gardens Apartments. Merriweather, a standout basketball player for the Holt Ironmen, intervened when a man began to pistol-whip his sister. In a heroic act to protect his sibling, the young man was shot in the chest. Emergency servic
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