On an early Sunday morning in August 2020, tragedy struck in Wyandanch, New York, forever altering the lives of a Bay Shore family. Mark Elijah Birthwright Jr., a 26-year-old Black male, was attending a house party on Patton Avenue with a friend. As they were leaving at approximately 2:00 a.m., what began as a social gathering turned into a violent confrontation that claimed a young life. Known to his loved ones as 'Nuni' and to the music world as 'Slimm Bank$,' Birthwright was a beloved figure,
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