In the evening of October 26, 2015, a violent altercation between rival street gangs in downtown Brooklyn claimed the life of 16-year-old Armani Hankins. The teenager, a resident of Jamaica, Queens, was with a group of friends near the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and Dekalb Avenue when they were confronted by another group of teens. The verbal dispute quickly escalated into gunfire.
The shooting occurred at approximately 6:00 p.m. outside a busy Applebee's restaurant. As Hankins a
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