In the warm, late afternoon of June 30, 2017, a sense of normalcy was shattered in a Southeast Memphis neighborhood. On the porch of his own apartment, 69-year-old Charles Collins, a Black male, was shot and killed in a brazen act of violence that occurred in broad daylight. The suddenness of the act sent ripples of concern and grief through the community, leaving friends and family to mourn the loss of a man described as a beloved father, grandfather, and friend.
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