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Southside Shootout hospitalizes man who preaches against violence

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Free PressBreaking News

Damian Coleman, a Southside Street Preacher, has been preaching against violence in all of Monroe’s hotspots and halls of government. Saturday he was accidentally shot twice in a shootout on So. 2nd Street. He survives and plans to continue preaching…

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