In the early hours of a late summer morning, the vibrant sounds of a J'ouvert celebration in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood were tragically silenced by the crackle of gunfire. It was around 3 a.m. on September 2, 2019, when Wanda Rodriguez, a 50-year-old woman, was caught in the violence that erupted at a cookout on Newkirk Avenue. A bullet struck her in the chest, and she died at the scene, just a short distance from her home. Known affectionately in her community, she was remembered by neigh
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