On a cold winter evening in Buffalo, New York, just four days before Christmas in 2014, the life of Willie Barksdale Jr. was tragically cut short. The 44-year-old man was on William Street on December 21st when he was fatally wounded by gunfire. The sudden violence of that act left a community shaken and a family grieving an unexpected and devastating loss. In the wake of the shooting, the Buffalo Police Department launched a homicide investigation, beginning the arduous process of seeking answe
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