On a late summer evening in Pleasantville, New Jersey, the life of 18-year-old Byron Jones was tragically cut short. The young Black man, a father to a daughter who was nearing her first birthday, was fatally shot on the night of September 1, 2020. Around 10:14 p.m., the sound of gunfire prompted a 911 call, leading Pleasantville police to the 300 block of Edgeley Avenue. There, they found Jones suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate response and any efforts to save him, h
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