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DeAndre Bing, 17, college-bound senior who took a selfie with his mom every morning
Tiffany Williams didn’t think she would be a mother. When she was about 17, she became pregnant but lost the baby. After that, she was told she wouldn’t be able to sustain a healthy pregnancy in the future, but about eight years later, she found out that wasn’t true. DeAndre, her only child, was born […]
Paris Wright, 21, never got to meet his daughter
Paris Wright was looking forward to being a father, but it would never come to be. On Jan. 29, 2014, at five months pregnant, his girlfriend’s water broke and she lost their baby, whom they planned to name Paris. “Even though he was young, I was excited because he was excited,” his mother, Crystal Wright, […]
Alex Rojas-Garcia, 34, Temple student, fisherman, award-winning poet
Alejandro “Alex” Rojas-Garcia and his sister had a special bond. They were seven years apart in age, and when they were younger, they’d play silly games together. “We’d jump from couch to couch and pretend our dog was a shark,” 30-year-old Aleida Silva Garcia said with a laugh. She believed everything her brother said, including […]
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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.