Derrick King, a 26-year-old Black man from Phenix City, Alabama, was found dead late on the night of October 6, 2014, near the 900 block of 18th Avenue, a grim discovery that quickly turned a neighborhood walk into the beginning of a homicide investigation. Police were called around 11:28 p.m. after his body was spotted lying in the area, and in the first chaotic hours, the case carried the shock that always follows a sudden street killing, with officers trying to piece together what had happene
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