In the early hours of August 8, 2022, a sense of normalcy for a group of friends in Pittsburgh's Uptown neighborhood was shattered by sudden violence. Sixteen-year-old Alexander Kowalyk, a male of Polish descent, was driving with his friends when they paused their journey on Van Braam Street to greet an acquaintance. It was in this moment, at approximately 2:45 a.m., that the night took a tragic turn. A gunshot rang out, striking Alex in the head as he sat in the passenger seat of his mother's c
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