On a cold winter evening in Brooklyn, New York, the life of 33-year-old Johnnie Alston was cut short by gunfire. On January 10, 2016, Alston was shot and killed in what was reported as a fatal shooting at a housing complex. Another man was also wounded in the incident but survived.
Known to some by the nickname 'Blaze,' Alston was a male whose death was one of the many instances of gun violence that plague the city. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, details were scarce, and the
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