Late on July 26, 2017, a violent moment on Wilcox Boulevard in Chattanooga ended with a sudden crash into the storefront of Wedgewood Cleaners. Officers arriving to the scene found Desmond Clay, a 39-year-old Black man, inside an SUV that had slammed into the business, wounded by multiple gunshots. He was rushed by ambulance to the hospital, but the injuries proved fatal. As investigators worked the scene, the road was shut down in the immediate area while police tried to piece together what had
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