In the midst of a violent year for Baltimore, a young man's life was cut short on a November evening. Charlie Williams, a 25-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot on November 8, 2009. The city, already grappling with a high number of homicides and the pervasive issue of gun violence, saw another of its residents become a statistic in a year marked by bloodshed.
The incident that claimed Williams' life unfolded on West 20th Street, a detail noted in the grim tally of the city's
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