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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 […]
Charles Johnson, 18, compassionate soon-to-be-father pursuing a degree in engineering
Charles Johnson walked into his parents’ bedroom in the summer of 2007 to express grief over a friend who was just killed in their Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. That friend was one of nine neighborhood kids Charles and his brother knew who were killed that year. At that moment, his mother knew the family needed to […]
Donte Wylie, 20, Still Beloved Almost 10 Years Later
Donte Wylie was 6’ 4” tall, weighed about 200 lbs and was obsessed with Polo brand clothing. “He would wear a belt with the pants, but the pants would still fall down,” Victoria Wylie, Donte’s sister, joked. “My brother walked with a hop, so he would be hopping and pulling up his pants.” It’s fun […]
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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.