In the summer of 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in Anderson, South Carolina, abruptly ending the life of 24-year-old Roytavus Blanding, a Black man. On the night of July 28th, Blanding was sitting on a porch when he was struck in the head by a bullet from a passing vehicle. The Anderson County Coroner confirmed that he died at the scene. The nature of the attack, a drive-by shooting, immediately led investigators to suspect it was connected to gang-related activities that ha
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