In the dim hours before dawn on August 31, 2018, a 39‑year‑old Black male—Phillip Chapman—collapsed in the street in Wilmington, Delaware. Known to many as 'Head Ball,' this devoted father and skilled cook had crafted not only meals but memories for his family and community. He was found on the 1100 block of North Conrad Street with multiple gunshot wounds, and he succumbed to them at the scene, just one day shy of his 39th birthday. The tragedy unfolded in the Hilltop neighborhood and
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