On August 20, around 11:30 am, police found 20-year-old Fakhur Uddin, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head inside his father's variety store located on the 5700 block of Germantown Avenue. Uddin was pronounced dead at 12:00 pm at the scene.
Police said robbery was the motive.
The city's body count for 2008: 206.
In 2007, the city of brotherly love averaged more than one murder and four shootings a day. This site, by writer Kia Gregory, profiles the city's deadly violence, the people it threatens, and the people who fight desperately for solutions.
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