Reginald Austin

In the spring of 1992, a wave of violence orchestrated by the notorious 'Best Friends' gang crested in a brutal act that claimed four lives on Detroit's east side. Alfred Austin, a 26-year-old man, found himself fatally entangled in the gang's web of crime and retribution. On May 12, just days before he was scheduled to stand trial on federal weapons charges, Austin was gunned down in a brazen attack designed to silence his potential testimony against the powerful street crew.

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