In the early hours of November 2, 2016, a promising life was tragically cut short in Seattle, Washington. Joseph Barber, a 24-year-old Black / African American man, was found deceased in his vehicle on Rainier Avenue South. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound, marking another grim statistic in the city's record of gun violence. The initial investigation pointed to a chilling scenario: Barber had been shot by someone he knew, a friend with whom he had been spending time just h
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