On July 8, 2007, tragedy struck the community of Jacksonville, Florida, when Dexter Alonzo Owens II, a 28-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot. His untimely death sent ripples through the lives of those who knew and loved him, leaving behind an emptiness that time has yet to heal. Dexter Owens was not just a statistic or a name in a case file—he was a son, a friend, a member of a family and a community, taken far too soon under circumstances that remain cloaked in uncertainty.
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