April 2017 37
Kendall McGill, 28
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-28 Location: 4000 N 7th St, Philadelphia, PA
Kwadir Hines-Baldwin, 20: ‘I miss my Fat Daddy’
Kwadir Hines-Baldwin was surrounded by love in his life, in particular by the bountiful love of all the women of his extended family. “My son was a momma’s boy and a grammom’s boy,” his mother, Tasheen, said in a video as she was surrounded by relatives. “With these two, he never did anything wrong in […]
Nick ‘Bean’ Richardson, 27: ‘When I look at my grandson, I’m looking at my son’
Back in the day, Nick Richardson knew how to handle the ball. As a star player with his rec center basketball team in Southwest Philly, he helped the team take home so many trophies his mom didn’t know what to do with them. Now the trophies have mostly fallen apart, worn and torn by being […]
Geraldine “Gerry” McCoy, 70, blessed churchwoman with enviable green thumb
Every springtime, just as the tulips were blooming, everybody on Gerry McCoy’s block always marveled at the care with which she tended her garden. Dare to say it, she even may have sparked a touch of neighborly jealousy with her skills. “Boy, she kept her house immaculate!” said Victor Jackson, her neighbor of 30 years […]
Tarik Chapman, 38, always a helper
Tarik Chapman was always willing to lend a helping hand. Whether it be carrying groceries into a house for elderly neighbors, taking out their trash, or helping somebody who was moving, Tarik never hesitated to offer his assistance. Tarik was killed in West Philadelphia on Jan. 19, 2017. He was 38. “He was really a […]
Maurice Riley, 26, father training to be electrical engineer
The moment Maurice Riley became a dad at 18 years old was the proudest experience of the young man’s life. “He was an awesome father from day one,” Maurice’s mother, Lauronda Fletcher, said. “I haven’t come across a more loving, caring parent.” Family was of the utmost importance to Maurice until the day he died. […]
Edgar ‘Chimmy’ Morales, 17, 11th-grader and aspiring plumber
For most teenagers, the last place they want to be is at home with their mother — but that was never the case for Edgar Morales, best known by his nickname “Chimmy.” Throughout his life, his mom’s house served as the hangout spot for Chimmy and his friends. Because his mother was a block captain, […]
Khayyan Fruster, 28, wanted to join Police Academy
The grass never grew under Khayyan Fruster’s feet, as his grandmother likes to say, and that motivation would have propelled him into the police department. But he never got the chance to join the academy. Khayyan was shot dead on Jan. 13, 2017, outside his home in the Tacony section of Philadelphia while waiting for […]
Tyhir Berry, 17. Dec. 12, 2016
Tyhir Berry had just turned 17 two weeks before he was gunned down on a West Philadelphia street on Dec. 12, 2016. Police said they believe Tyhir, an 11th-grader at Strawberry Mansion high school, was targeted on purpose by the two men who opened fire on him, but at the time of his death, they […]
Joel Texidor, 43
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-27Location: 100 E Venango St, Philadelphia, PA
Myron Wiley, 33
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-27Location: 1300 W Seltzer St, Philadelphia, PA
Boris Kimber Jr, 22
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-24 Location: 100 E Penn St, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: 6ABC
Timothy Vanbelle, 36
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-24 (when it was declared a homicide. He died in February) Location: 2700 E Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA
Raymond Nesbitt, 24
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-24 Location: 800 N Markoe St, Philadelphia, PA
Marisol Garcia-Infante, 41
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-04-23Location: 3000 Ruth St, Philadelphia, PA
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