In the fading daylight of a January afternoon in 2016, the life of Thomas Simmons, a 20-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short on a street in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On Monday, January 25th, at approximately 2:48 p.m., Simmons was walking down Sheridan Avenue when the sharp report of gunfire shattered the neighborhood's calm. Multiple shots were fired, and Simmons fell, the victim of a fatal shooting. Another man, 21-year-old Deonte Evans, was also struck by the gunfire, sustaining a woun
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