Community Mourns Anti-Violence Activist Gunned Down This Weekend

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SHADYSIDE(KDKA) – A local activist working to clean up the streets became a victim of gun violence in those same streets this weekend.
Stephen Drake, Jr. was shot in the stomach and killed in the 5600 Block of Fifth Avenue while riding his motorcycle around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. The investigation is ongoing.
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“They took a soldier, took a strong soldier away from us,” Richard Garland, with the University of Pittsburgh