On the evening of April 2, 2014, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace of a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home, tragically ending the life of 22-year-old Quintrell Perkins, a Black/African American male. Perkins and a friend, 20-year-old Sierrah Simmons, were inside the living room of Perkins's father's house when an assailant opened fire from outside. Both Perkins and Simmons were struck by the bullets and succumbed to their injuries at the scene. At the time of the shooting, Perkins's girlfriend, anoth
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