Michael Herrera

In the spring of 2017, the life of a young man from Buffalo, New York, was cut short in an act of violence that would become entwined with a larger narrative of the city's struggle against entrenched gang activity. Michael Herrera, a 25-year-old African-American male, was killed on April 12, 2017. His death was not an isolated incident but rather a piece of a violent puzzle that law enforcement agencies were actively trying to solve.

The investigation into Herrera's death led authorities ...