In the early hours of Labor Day morning, September 5, 2016, a night of celebration turned to tragedy in the parking lot of the 7 Flags Event Center in Clive, Iowa. Johnny Lee Ollie Jackson, a 29-year-old Black / African American man from Des Moines, was killed in a burst of gunfire that erupted as an "All Black Party" was coming to a close. Another man, 44-year-old Kevin Lee Hall, also of Des Moines, was also fatally shot.
The event, a formal affair where guests were encouraged to dress i
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