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Kyle Cortez Davis, 31, Marine Corps veteran and ‘girl dad’
When Kyle Cortez Davis was 6 or 7 years old, he approached his sister with an idea. “He said, ‘Hey, I’m curious. I want to figure out what’s inside that fire extinquisher,’” Sha’rah Karla Davis said. “I said, ‘Okay! I’m really curious, too!’” So, Kyle pulled the pin on the extinguisher and sprayed his sister […]
Adrienne Marie Lindsay, 52, U Penn employee who loved her family
Adrienne Marie Lindsay, a devoted daughter, mother and grandmother, was killed on Sept. 2, 2016, at 52 years old. But the tragic end to her life could not overshadow a life filled with love. “She was such a lovable person,” said her mother, Willie Clara Lindsay. “Everybody just loved her.” Adrienne was born in Philadelphia […]
Tyler Mulligan, 17, dreamed of traveling the world
When John Mulligan was the chief of the LaMott Fire Department in Cheltenham, he stopped into the fire house with his three sons, Xavier, Donovan and Tyler to sign paperwork on his day off. Tyler was acting up, so John sent him to stand in the corner. A fire alarm pull station was within reach, […]
Lylliana Mendoza, 35, dreamed of a better life
Lylliana Mendoza was always smiling and laughing, but her sister said it was to hide her pain. Lily, as everyone called her, had been a victim of domestic violence at the hands of the man she lived with in Fairhill for about three years, according to her sister, Alexandra Mendoza. During the summer of 2017, […]
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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.