On a cold February evening in 2021, the life of 18-year-old Romel Bottex was tragically cut short on a street in Newark, New Jersey. The young man, a male resident of the city, was in front of a home in the 700 block of South 20th Street when he was shot multiple times. The fatal incident occurred on February 22, 2021, leaving a family and community to mourn the loss of a life filled with promise. Known affectionately as 'Mello,' he had moved to the United States from the Turks and Caicos Island
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