Christian Lahens was a 24-year-old Black / African American man from Asbury Park, New Jersey, living with his family in a home on Dewitt Avenue when violence shattered the late hours of March 23, 2020. He had roots in the local community, remembered in online memorials as friendly, loving, respectful, and working in food service while pursuing his own path through local vocational schooling. In the days after his death, messages left in his memory spoke of a gentle presence and the hole left in
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