On a spring day in Knoxville, Tennessee, a dispute born from a text message escalated into a tragedy that would claim the life of a young father. Alexander Lamar West, a 25-year-old African American man, was fatally shot in the head on May 4, 2018, at the Caprice Apartments on Valley View Drive. The incident was the culmination of a heated argument with 36-year-old Antonio Gipson, who was dating the mother of West's son. The disagreement centered on the upbringing of the child, a sensitive subje
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