Karl Taylor

On a Thursday morning in Detroit, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Twenty-year-old Tyler 'T.J.' Taylor was on his way to work on October 17, 2013, when he was fatally shot. His body was discovered on a sidewalk in the 12000 block of Duchess Street, near Kelly Road and Morang Drive on the city's east side. He had just celebrated his twentieth birthday the week prior to his death.

In the wake of the shooting, Detroit police released very few details about the circumstances ...