On a spring afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of 23-year-old Xavier Townsend-Keith was tragically cut short. On May 28, 2024, after walking his girlfriend to a bus stop near his home at the intersection of East 51st Street and Prospect Avenue, he lingered to use the station's free Wi-Fi, a common practice for him. It was then that gunshots rang out. His mother, Rashawnda Perry-Townsend, heard the shots from their nearby home and, filled with a sense of dread, tried to call her son. A
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