In the summer of 2016, a young man's life was cut short on a street in Gary, Indiana. Clarence Thornton III, a 24-year-old Black or African American male, was fatally shot on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The incident occurred in the 5000 block of West 4th Place, a neighborhood acknowledged by some residents as being prone to violence.
Emergency services responded to the scene, but Thornton's injuries proved fatal. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, the Gary Police Department began an
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