On a summer evening in Danbury, Connecticut, a gathering of mourners turned into a scene of tragedy, forever altering the lives of one family. Raymond Irvin Simmons, a 39-year-old Black / African American man from Waterbury, was shot and killed on July 12, 2020. Simmons, a husband and father, was attending an outdoor vigil for a friend who had recently passed away when the fatal encounter occurred.
Police responded to reports of a shooting near Beaver and Elm streets at approximately 10:3
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