In the quiet town of Franklin, Virginia, the evening of November 17, 2021, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police responded to a report of shots fired in the 300 block of Forest Pine Road around 7:07 p.m., they discovered a scene of violence that would claim the life of 18-year-old Tazman Ahmad Banks. Banks, a Black male, was found inside a residence with a fatal gunshot wound. Another man at the scene had also been shot; he was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and was e
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