On July 5, 2009, 26-year-old Msrchello Henderson was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place in the midst of an alarming surge of gun violence across the city that year. Henderson's homicide was part of a broader pattern of incidents that highlighted the challenges facing Chicago in addressing violent crime, especially during summer months when shootings tended to spike. The environment in which Henderson lost his life was unfortunately all too familiar for many neighborhoods in
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