In the early morning darkness of December 5, 2014, a car moved along Effingham Street near Duke Street in Portsmouth when gunfire suddenly tore into the vehicle, turning an ordinary ride into a catastrophe. The driver, Antonio J. Atkins, a 25-year-old Black / African American man, was struck and pronounced dead at the scene while the neighborhood around the intersection jolted awake to the aftermath.
Inside the car, the violence did not end with him. Police said a woman riding with him w
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