On a turbulent summer evening in New Haven, Connecticut, the life of 33-year-old Ibrahim Valentino Shareef Jr., a Black male, was cut short by gunfire. The night of July 14, 2020, was marked by a surge of violence in the city, with four separate shootings erupting, two of which proved to be fatal. Shareef's death was the second homicide in a span of just a few hours, contributing to what was a tragically violent week in the city.
At approximately 10:11 p.m., the sounds of gunfire prompted
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