Alexander Demonta “Slugger” Brown Jr., a 19-year-old Black male from Columbus, Mississippi, grew up in a close-knit family that knew him as a bright, outgoing presence. Born on March 22, 1993, to Alexander Brown Sr. and Jacqueline Brown, he graduated from Columbus High School in 2011 and was remembered by loved ones as “lovely, strong, outgoing, caring, smart – everything you wanted in a real person.” Friends and relatives would later fill online memorials with messages about his smile
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