In a city striving to leave its violent past behind, Michael Burkes, a 32-year-old Black man, sought a fresh start in the quiet neighborhood of Elliott in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had moved there with his fiancée and their young son, hoping to escape the street life that had previously entangled him. Tragically, the very violence he sought to escape found him on the morning of Thursday, April 24, 2014. As he was leaving for his roofing job, with his one-year-old son secured in his car, he w
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