In the early hours of a Saturday morning, the vibrant neighborhood of Washington Heights was shattered by gunfire. Just after midnight on September 14, 2019, Steve Rodriguez, a 22-year-old man, was standing in front of a bodega on Saint Nicholas Avenue, only a couple of blocks from his home. It was in this familiar setting that his life was abruptly cut short.
A sudden eruption of violence left Rodriguez with a fatal gunshot wound to his hip. He was rushed to Columbia University Medical C
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