In the spring of 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the late-night quiet of a North Memphis neighborhood, leaving one man dead in an ironic twist of fate. On the evening of Tuesday, March 22nd, 29-year-old Christopher Thompson Jr. was in the 900 block of Avalon Street near Vollintine Avenue. He was not alone; with him was a man identified as Darick Lane. The two were reportedly firing at a vehicle occupied by two other men.
The chaotic scene of the shootout took a sudden and tragic turn.
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