Justin Michael Harrison

In the summer of 2008, a wave of violence gripped the city of Baltimore, and among the lives tragically cut short was that of Justin Michael Harrison. A 27-year-old African-American man, Harrison became a victim of the city's rampant gun violence on July 21, 2008. The investigation into his death was immediately hampered by the complex and volatile landscape of gang conflicts that plagued Baltimore's neighborhoods at the time.

The pervading atmosphere of tension and frequent turf disputes ...