On the night of April 9, 2021, a burst of gunfire on Monroe Avenue in Rochester, New York, shattered the evening calm and irrevocably altered the lives of several families. When the chaos subsided, 29-year-old Matthew Williams lay dead, the victim of a fatal shooting that also left two other individuals wounded. The incident, which unfolded near the intersection with Woodlawn Street, marked another chapter in the city's struggle with gun violence.
In the immediate aftermath, the Rochester
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