In the warm summer twilight of Atlanta, the night of July 2, 2024, should have been one of celebration for 13-year-old Lamon Freeman. It was his birthday, and he was spending it with his best friend, Jakody Davis, also 13, and Jakody's younger brother. The boys were gathered on the steps of a building at the West End Apartments in the Oakland City neighborhood when the celebration was irrevocably shattered by the sound of gunfire. In an instant, a hail of bullets tore through the night, striking
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