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Emanuel Ervin, 21: ‘Who is this EE’ that loved to laugh despite terrible trauma?
When Emanuel Ervin was a child, his mother would take him to restaurants that had video games at the bar. He won so consistently that his initials stayed at the top of the list of the highest-scoring players. “Grown men would be like, ‘Who is this EE? I want to meet this EE! He has […]
Cristina Tosado, 38, pharmacy technician who always cared for ill family
Cristina Tosado was a strong, take-charge woman who was born to care for people. She helped take care of her maternal grandmother before she died in 2016. She also assisted in the care of her uncle, who died in early February 2017. “I looked up to her because she was stronger than I was,” her […]
Eric Perry, 24, ‘funny as hell’ family man who made viral videos
All Eric Perry wanted in life was to find a good job and take care of his family. He had two children, and at the time of his death on October 5, 2017, was working to get his forklift license. “He wanted things that were going to keep his family better in the long run,” […]
Niam Johnson-Tate, 23, New Dad and Organ Donor
Niam Johnson-Tate was the baby of the family. He got whatever he needed or wanted — even a car, when his two sisters scraped their money together and bought him an old Pontiac Bonneville when Niam was 18. So when he found out that he was going to be a father, he felt unprepared for […]
Rodney Copeland, 18, father-to-be who ‘just wanted to live life’
Rodney Copeland could see all of his high school milestones on the horizon. He was 18 years old, a senior in high school and getting ready to plan for his future. “He wanted to go to school, he wanted to graduate and was looking forward to going to prom,” Antoinette Garner, Rodney’s mother, said. “He […]
Darrin “Meatball” Grandy, 23, loved being outside—until he fought for his life
The first thing you should know about Darrin Grandy is this: None of his friends or family ever really called him Darrin. To them, he was Meatball. “When he was born he was really chubby,” said his mother Tameka Johnson, who lives in Olney. “The name just stuck with him.” Born July 12, 1994 in […]
Hassan Kay, 18, cereal-obsessed teenager
Fruity Pebbles, Frosted Flakes, Fruit Loops: 18-year-old Hassan Kay’s favorite foods came in the cartoon-covered, colorful boxes that line every grocery store’s cereal aisle. He could easily eat two to three boxes of cereal a day. Hassan was “hooked on it.” “I’d send him to the store and he’d come back with seven or eight […]
Cornelius Gooden, 31
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-31 Location: 5000 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA News stories: CBS Philly
Emanuel Brown, 27
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-31 Location: 5700 Leonard St, Philadelphia, PA
William Rodriguez, 46
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-30 Location: 3900 Nice St, Philadelphia, PA
Seven Forune, 1
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-28 Location: 800 S 60th St, Philadelphia, PA
Francisco “Frankie” Caraballo Ortiz, 33, planned to take his son trick-or-treating
By all accounts, the most significant event in Francisco “Frankie” Caraballo Ortiz’s life was the birth of his son, Marcus, in 2011. “His son was his world,” said Yarii Torres, Marcus’ mother and Frankie’s former girlfriend. In recent months, 33-year-old Frankie had been working on bringing some stability to his life so he could be […]
Daronn Davis, 17
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-26 Location: 4600 Greene St, Philadelphia, PA
George Mateos, 29
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-23 Location: 230 E Clearfield St, Philadelphia, PA
Iseem Cottman, 22
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2017-12-22 Location: 3100 N 13th St, Philadelphia, PA News story: 6 ABC
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