Jamal Earl Godsey

In the pre-dawn darkness of a Friday in August 2013, a sense of unease settled over the 1600 block of Hartsdale Road in Northeast Baltimore. The morning of August 2nd was shattered by the sound of a man's scream, a cry that was quickly silenced by the eruption of gunfire. Those who dared to peer out of their windows into the night could not see the young man whose life was rapidly slipping away on the pavement below.

Police arrived within minutes to find 21-year-old Jamal Earl Godsey suff ...