Gene Chambers

In the summer of 2012, the life of Gene Chambers, a 20-year-old African-American man, was cut short in Detroit, Michigan. On the evening of June 21st, he was fatally wounded in the 19200 block of Schoolcraft Avenue. The incident was one of 386 homicides that plagued the city that year, a significant increase in violent crime that strained local law enforcement resources.

The investigation into Gene Chambers' death was met with challenges that were unfortunately common in the city at the t ...