James Edward Shearon, a 61-year-old White man from Nashville, Tennessee, was killed in the early hours of January 18, 2008, after the back door of his home on Watts Terrace was forced open around 3:00 a.m. He had been asleep in bed with his wife when the noise jolted him awake, and he stepped out to see what was happening inside the house.
In the hallway, the intruders confronted him at close range and demanded, “Where’s the safe?” The moment carried the sharp edge of a targeted
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