Randolph Evans, a 15-year-old ninth-grade student at Franklin K. Lane High School in Brooklyn, New York, was tragically shot and killed on November 25, 1976. The incident occurred on Thanksgiving Day when NYPD officer Robert Torsney responded to a report of a man with a gun in the Cypress Hills housing projects. Upon arrival, Torsney encountered a group of youths, including Evans. After a brief conversation, Torsney inexplicably shot Evans point-blank in the head. Following the shooting, Torsney
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