In the early moments of a summer Friday in Washington, D.C., a burst of gunfire shattered the overnight calm on Kennedy Street NW, leaving a man bleeding on the pavement. The man was 52-year-old Benson Thorne, Sr., a Black male who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The call came in to the Metropolitan Police Department at approximately 12:07 a.m. on June 18, 2021, sending officers to the 100 block of the street. First responders rushed Thorne to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved too
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