African American Thaddeus Dumas, a 27-year-old male, was discovered deceased on Thursday, August 24, 2017, in the backyard of his residence in the St. Louis suburb of Berkeley, Missouri. Authorities were called to the scene where they found Dumas suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. The discovery marked a violent end for the young father, who had previously garnered local media attention as a survivor and plaintiff in a high-profile civil rights lawsuit against the city's correctional system.
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