On March 26, 2007, Omar McDonald, aged 25, was shot and killed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His death was part of a wave of violent crime in Pittsburgh during that time. The city was experiencing a significant number of homicides, with young adult males, particularly African Americans, being most at risk. From 1997 through 2012, most homicide victims in Pittsburgh were male and African American, a pattern that tragically reflected Omar McDonald's case.
Pittsburgh experienced an average
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