Four Homicides in Three Days

On August 29, at 11:53 pm, Troy DeLoatch, 22, black male, was shot multiple times on the 500 block of Lycoming Street. DeLoatch was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital the following morning at 12:16 am.

On August 30, at 5:08 am, Thomas Cherry, 41, black male, was shot in the back on 62nd Street near Cedar Avenue. Cherry was pronounced dead shortly afterward at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

On August 30, at 9:15 pm, Donte Benjamin, 23, black male, was shot multiple times on Simpson Street near Greenway. Benjamin was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:25 pm.

On August 31, at 1:44 am, police responded to a radio call of a person with a gun outside Minnows Bar at Bridge and Jackson Sts. Upon arrival police observed a large fight outside the bar. While dispersing the crowd, police heard gunshots. A block away, on the 5200 block of Glenloch Street, police found Bruce Lassiter, 19, black male, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Lassister was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital at 2:16 am Sunday.