On July 30, 2017, Donta Cook, a 24-year-old man from Glen Burnie, Maryland, was shot and killed in Baltimore. He was found outside Sooner's Tavern, located on Hazel Avenue, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting occurred late on a Sunday, adding to a grim tally of violence that had become all too common in Baltimore during 2017, a year marked by an alarming surge in homicides. Donta Cook's death was part of a broader spike in gun violence that saw Baltimore record 343 homicides by
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