In the summer of 2008, a wave of violence gripped the city of Buffalo, New York, and among its victims was a young Black man named Demone M. McDougald. On August 10, the life of the 22-year-old was tragically cut short. The specific details surrounding his death remain sparse in public records, a common trait in a year that saw a troubling increase in homicides within the city, many of which were attributed to gun violence.
Demone’s death was sudden and left his family, including his mo
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