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Zymiren Best, 19, outgoing guy who wanted to be a welder
Zymiren Best had a special yet unexplainable nickname for his mother: Slime. “Out of the blue, he’d text me, ‘What’s up with you, Slime? Cash App me ten dollars,” Bianca Best remembered with a smile in her voice. It’s the little, everyday things like this that she misses most. Zymiren was a senior at Camelot […]
Alan Womack Jr., 28, passionate about fitness, fashion and family
At 6 feet, 4 inches, Alan Womack Jr. stood out. He loved fashion and he made frequent trips to the King of Prussia Mall, which wasn’t far from his home. Alan was “very intentional” about living in King of Prussia in order to stay safe from the gun violence plaguing North Philadelphia, where he grew […]
Rasoul Grant, 23, celebrity of the family who was determined to succeed
The camera pans over an abandoned graffitied warehouse. Standing proud next to a mountain of tires, a young man wearing ripped, low-slung jeans and a Gucci sweatband, freestyles about people dying in the streets, fierce independence, and rebounding from ruin. The rapper “Soul Hoodrich,” also known as Rasoul Grant, used to express his restrained anger through […]
Brent Swearingen, 39, father of two whose nickname was ‘Bear’
Brent Swearingen spent the last full day of his life with his 6-year-old daughter, Bailey. They went to the park and got ice cream, and he gave her a piggyback ride. She had missed her father carrying her on his shoulders and back — Brent had been locked up for a year. He was released […]
Quadir Flippen, 31, executive chef who championed black engagement on Mayor’s Office panel
Every Sunday, a homeless man would eat food out of Quadir Flippen’s trash can. Quadir, an executive chef at a cafe in Point Breeze, thought he deserved better. “My brother made sure he had a plate,” his sister Nashiya Pinder said. “My brother would cook for him on Sundays and give him something to eat. […]
Javon Skinner, 26
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2020-02-28 Location: 2000 E Clementine St, Philadelphia, PA
Brandon White, 31
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2020-02-28 Location: 2000 E Clementine St, Philadelphia, PA
I. Dean Fulton, 43
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Inquirer 6abc Metro News Date: 2020-02-25 Location: 300 Dupont St, Philadelphia, PA
Baby Rahman, 1
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] cbslocal Fox29 6abc Inquirer Date: 2020-02-24 Location: 800 W Dauphin St, Philadelphia, PA
Ishan Rahman, 39
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Inquirer cbslocal Fox29 6abc Date: 2020-02-21 Location: 800 W Dauphin St, Philadelphia, PA
Salim Fitchett, 25
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Inquirer nbcphiladelphia KYWNewsRadio Date: 2020-02-20 Location: 1500 W Fishers Ln, Philadelphia, PA
Yaniyah Foster, 19
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Inquirer cbslocal 6abc Fox29 Date: 2020-02-19 Location: 1000 W Thompson St, Philadelphia, PA
Kristian Eldridge, 27
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Philly Unsolved Murders Fox29 Date: 2020-02-17 Location: 3700 N Bouvier St, Philadelphia, PA
Keon Hall, 20
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2020-02-17 Location: 4500 N Smedley, Philadelphia, PA
Edwardo Perez-Melendez, 53
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Philly Unsolved Murders Date: 2020-02-14 Location: 501 W Lehigh Ave, Philadelphia, PA
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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.