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Police recorded 26 murders in Philadelphia in February; here are the victims’ names
Philadelphia Police recorded 26 homicides during February 2024, which is a decrease compared to January, which had 24. Here are the names and ages of those who were killed, plus when and where. But we know they are not just names. Please contact us at [email protected] if you are a family member so we can properly […]
Ahmad Abrams, 18, rec center counselor who was deciding among his many college acceptance letters
Ahmad Abrams was going places. Fresh off graduating high school with honors, he started a job at UPS, but that was only temporary. He was in the process of deciding whether to join the Navy reserves or go straight to one of the many colleges that had accepted him—maybe Pitt, or Pace University in New […]
Donald Henderson, 24, ‘Wiggles’ the ballplayer who also became the neighborhood handyman
Like a lot of parents, it was Lamont “Monty G” Anderson’s dream for his son Donald to follow in his footsteps. So Lamont was thrilled when he showed interest in his father’s career. Monty recalls taking Donald as a kid with him to practice rapping, dressing him like the hip-hop artists, teaching him how to […]
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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.