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Shawn Bonaparte, 22: ‘We grew up together,’ mom says
When Shawn Bonaparte was a student at Tanner Duckrey School in North Philadelphia, a commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department took him under his wing. Shawn was chosen for the program because when he was 4, and his father had been sentenced to life in prison. “That played a major role in Shawn’s life,” his […]
Khalil ‘Lil’ Shoatz, 25, paid registration fees so kids could play football
Khalil Shoatz grew up playing football. He was a member of the West Philly Panthers from age 5 until high school, then he joined the University City High School Jaguars and played as a linebacker. In the early summer of 2016, he heard about a group of seven boys who wanted to join the West […]
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Every month, we create a placeholder webpage for each person murdered in Philadelphia. Our hope is to elevate these pages into fully written stories with photos that show who each victim was as a person. Through storytelling, we're shining a light on the human toll of gun violence in Philadelphia.