In the crisp autumn air of October 6, 1979, the sound of gunshots shattered the evening quiet in the 1800 block of Clarkson Street in Denver, Colorado. Alarmed neighbors promptly alerted the police, who arrived to a grim discovery. Inside his vehicle sat 54-year-old Fred L. Rease, a Black male, who had been fatally shot. The life of a man known in his community as both a business owner and a dedicated public servant had been violently cut short.
Fred L. Rease was a man of industry and com
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