>> we're going to donte's burial ground. >> byron: for paly houston, a date she dreaded for three years never thought that i would see your name on something like this. i'm sorry i didn't have the courage till this day to come here. i thought i had enough time with my brother. i just hope that other people realize how precious life is. >> byron: donte barksdale was a big brother to much of baltimore. technically called a violent interrupter. he was a street soldier of sorts who shows up in urban battlefields when few others can or will. no kevlar, no weapon, just his reputation and his word. >> he had to get in the middle of conflicts and beefs, you know? he may have stepped right into the conflict at the point in time when they were deciding to shoot someone. >> byron: in this, my hometown, when a barksdale talks, people listen. >> barksdale is five out of seven towers in the terrace. >> just a gangster, i suppose. >> byron: in the hit hbo series "the wire," the name barksdale struck fear. a drug kingpin inspired by nathan bodie barksdale, dante's unc uncle. dante dabbled in the family