In the warm midnight air of the Fourth of July, 2021, a neighborhood celebration on Montrose Terrace in Irvington, New Jersey, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Amid the intermittent crackle of fireworks, 38-year-old Malik McCallister, a Black male, was fatally shot. The sudden violence also claimed the life of his older brother, 42-year-old Tarik R. Barnes. The brothers, who resided together in nearby Rahway, were both pronounced dead in the early hours of July 5th at separate local hospit
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