Robert Gerard “HustleMan” Dowdy, 31, a Black man, was a Chattanooga native remembered by family as a devoted father and fiancé who had graduated from Howard High School and worked for years as a machine operator at Arcade Beauty. On Monday, June 22, 2020, his life ended abruptly after a burst of gunfire on the city’s Westside, turning an ordinary summer afternoon into a scene of sirens, frantic phone calls, and a family’s worst news arriving without warning.
Police said the shoo
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