On the evening of April 4, 2017, a burst of fatal violence cut short the life of 27-year-old Whalen Johnson Gurley, a Black/African American man, in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. Gurley was with his girlfriend outside an auto shop on Broad Street at approximately 10:50 p.m. when he was shot. He was rushed to Richmond University Medical Center, but tragically, his wounds proved fatal, and he was pronounced dead.
The investigation into Gurley's death moved swiftly, largely th
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