This evening, my mom told me that someone I knew, a fellow "Black kid", from my hometown high school days passed away. Really, he was found in his apartment in a nearby town, and had likely passed away several days before he was found. The family is keeping it quiet which indicates to me, it was either a suicide or overdose. Mostly because that's what families do, especially Black families. I didn't know him well. I do know his grandmother though because my Jane of all trade