In the spring of 2018, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of Derek S. Franklin, a 58-year-old man from Gary, Indiana. On the evening of Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Franklin was driving on the city's West Side when he was struck by gunfire. The fatal shooting marked another somber moment for a community too often acquainted with the specter of gun violence.
Born in nearby East Chicago, Derek Franklin was a man who had spent his life in the region. In his lifetime, he held various
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