In the summer of 2019, the community of Walterboro, South Carolina, was shaken by the violent and untimely death of 22-year-old Akeem Malachi James Carr. A Black male, Carr was fatally shot on August 6, 2019, in an incident that would lead to a dramatic manhunt and the arrest of two suspects. The events of that Tuesday began to unfold around 11:30 a.m. when the emergency dispatch center started receiving calls about gunfire in the 700 block of Francis Street. Carr was discovered under the carpor
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