In the spring of 2015, a wave of gang-related violence continued to cast a dark shadow over certain Brooklyn neighborhoods. It was in this climate of fear and rivalry that 19-year-old Shannon Haywood, a Black male, found himself a target. On a day in mid-May, Haywood was critically wounded in a shooting that investigators would later describe as a targeted attack connected to ongoing gang disputes in the area. For more than two weeks, he fought for his life, clinging to the hope of survival, but
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