The Unintended Target -- The Shooting of Messiah Williams

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On a Friday night in October 2020, three-year-old Messiah Williams was waiting for Halloween, excited to dress up as "Baby Yoda." He never got the chance. A retaliatory drive-by shooting sent a barrage of bullets through his Flint, Michigan, home, claiming his life in a war he wasn't part of. Explore the harrowing "three-jury" trial that followed and the complex search for justice in a community reeling from a tragedy that stole the city's youngest heart.