At 8:49 pm last night police found Eric Byrd, 27, black male, lying on the ground outside of a Chinese take-out restaurant near Ninth and Lindley Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and face. Byrd was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead at 9:14 pm.
Police have no arrests or motive.
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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