ZaeQuan J. Person, 29, a Black man, died on April 5, 2024, in Emporia, Virginia, a loss that quickly rippled outward from a quiet Southside community into a family’s most painful new reality. Born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Person’s life story—like so many—was anchored in the people who loved him, and the plans and ordinary days that never make headlines until tragedy forces them into view.
That Friday afternoon, police in Emporia were called to the 600 block of Clay Stre
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