In the early spring of 2017, the life of Willie Burrell, a 34-year-old Black / African American man, was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. On Friday, March 3, 2017, Burrell became a victim of gun violence, a fate that would leave his community searching for answers. Reports from that time indicate a harrowing detail: he had been shot at twice in the same day, a chilling precursor to the fatal encounter.
The final and fatal shooting occurred on Cullman Avenue, where authorities
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