In the cold of a Baltimore winter, the life of a young man was cut short, leaving a family and a community to grapple with the violent act that took him. On January 17, 2014, Tavon Antonio Young, a 24-year-old African-American male, was found shot to death in an alley in the 300 block of Ilchester Avenue. The discovery of his body in the early morning hours marked another tragedy in a city struggling with gun violence.
The news of Young's death resonated beyond his immediate circle, as he
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