On the night of July 22 leading into the early morning hours of July 23, 2016, violence erupted in the streets of Gary, Indiana, claiming the life of a young man named Samuel Williams. The 20-year-old Black male, who had ties to Mount Vernon, Illinois, but was in Gary at the time, became the target of a fatal shooting that would leave his family and community searching for answers that never came. The incident occurred just after midnight, shattering the quiet of the summer night with the sound
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