On a summer evening in Hartford, Connecticut, the life of 20-year-old Hispanic/Latino male Mario O. Ferreira was tragically cut short. On July 15, 2005, Ferreira was fatally shot near his home in the city's South End, a neighborhood that was grappling with a rise in gun violence at the time. Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, he had been a resident of Hartford for the preceding five years and was a student at the Hartford Adult Education Center. His sudden death at Hartford Hospital was a profound lo
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