On a late summer evening in Boston, the life of Derrell Russell, a 33-year-old Black / African American male from Brighton, was tragically cut short. On Saturday, August 27, 2022, at approximately 5:41 PM, police responded to a report of a person shot in the vicinity of 970 Blue Hill Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood. The incident coincided with the city's annual Caribbean Carnival, a celebration that was marred by this act of violence.
Upon their arrival, officers discovered Russell
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