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Markeish Amir Johnson, 18: ‘I can’t like everybody because everybody isn’t like me’
Markeish Amir Johnson wasn’t your average 18 year old. He loved his family, kept a small circle of friends and was respectful to everyone he crossed paths with. “I’d say, ‘You don’t have many friends,’ but he’d say, ‘I can’t like everybody because everybody isn’t like me,’” Markeish’s mother, Angela Parrish, recalled. Markeish was a […]
Richard Davila, 47, loved to collect sneakers
Shoeboxes filled with more than one hundred sneakers are stacked neatly in the Davilas’ Fairhill home. Richard Davila, a 47-year-old originally from Puerto Rico, collected sneakers for fun. He loved having the newest Jordans and always kept his collection in pristine condition. The sneakers have remained untouched since January 3, 2016, when Richard Davila was […]
Darryl Singleton, 24, a ‘Winslow’ training to be an EMT
Trina Singleton and her husband did everything they could to give their son Darryl a good life. He grew up spending his summers visiting his grandmothers in Georgia and South Carolina, even flying on an airplane by himself when he was young. He went to a two-week CSI camp affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in […]
Khalil ‘Lil’ Shoatz, 25, paid registration fees so kids could play football
Khalil Shoatz grew up playing football. He was a member of the West Philly Panthers from age 5 until high school, then he joined the University City High School Jaguars and played as a linebacker. In the early summer of 2016, he heard about a group of seven boys who wanted to join the West […]
James Walke III, 28, known for his pancakes – and a heart ‘big as the moon’
In February 2016, James Walke III spotted a man lying on the ground down the street from the house he shared with his family in Germantown. He urged his mother, Yullio Robbins, and his stepfather to call 9-1-1 and to come with him to see what they could do to help. Robbins told her son, […]
Kwadir Hines-Baldwin, 20: ‘I miss my Fat Daddy’
Kwadir Hines-Baldwin was surrounded by love in his life, in particular by the bountiful love of all the women of his extended family. “My son was a momma’s boy and a grammom’s boy,” his mother, Tasheen, said in a video as she was surrounded by relatives. “With these two, he never did anything wrong in […]
Edgar ‘Chimmy’ Morales, 17, 11th-grader and aspiring plumber
For most teenagers, the last place they want to be is at home with their mother — but that was never the case for Edgar Morales, best known by his nickname “Chimmy.” Throughout his life, his mom’s house served as the hangout spot for Chimmy and his friends. Because his mother was a block captain, […]
Tyhir Berry, 17. Dec. 12, 2016
Tyhir Berry had just turned 17 two weeks before he was gunned down on a West Philadelphia street on Dec. 12, 2016. Police said they believe Tyhir, an 11th-grader at Strawberry Mansion high school, was targeted on purpose by the two men who opened fire on him, but at the time of his death, they […]
Terrell Bruce, 33
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-27 Location: 599 Walnut Ln, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: Philly.com From Philly.com: Brandon Bruce said Terrell was killed on their younger brother Nathaniel Kirkland’s birthday. Kirkland was a second-year student at Dickinson College when he drowned in 2009 while volunteering in […]
Garfield Adams, 37
“He was a wonderful neighbor, I got nothing bad to say about him,” said Marietta Barnes, who lived next to him for about 8 or 9 years. If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-27 Location: 2300 W. Atlantic St, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: Philly.com
Marie Buck, 81
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-24 Location: 1200 S. 6th St, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: From 6ABC: “She was loved by so many people. That was just a violent, violent killing,” Marie’s daughter Maria Buck said.
Jaquan Alexander, 17
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-24 Location: 5400 Hadfield St, Philadelphia, PA
Edwin Breazeale, 27
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-21Location: 30 N. 51st St, Philadelphia, PA
Darvey Johnson, 49
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-21 Location: 6000 Allman St, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: Philly.com
Fareeda T. Coles, 37
If you have any information about this victim, please contact us at [email protected] Date: 2016-12-20 Location: 2700 N. 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA News coverage: 6ABC
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