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Izim Greer-Plummer, 19, community protector who ’embodied family values’
Lucretia Greer believes in the power of forgiveness. It has been 15 years since the tragic murder of her brother, Izim Kareem Greer-Plummer. Though she still gets choked up when she mentions Izim’s name, she has a message to any young man boiling over with rage: Stop and think before grabbing a gun. This is […]
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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.