In the festive aftermath of the St. Paul Carnival Association's Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on February 7, 2016, a burst of violence shattered the celebratory atmosphere, leaving two men dead and four others wounded. Carlos Dewayne Bates, a 29-year-old man from Gulfport, was one of the two individuals who tragically lost their lives in the gunfire. The incident unfolded on Davis Avenue, just a couple of blocks north of the parade route, where an estimated 50,000 people had
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