On Saturday, around 8 pm, police found Ronnell Davis, 29, black male, with gunshot wounds to the neck and arm inside a home on the 4400 block of North Franklin Street. Davis was pronounced dead shortly after 9 pm at Temple University Hospital.
Earlier in the day, around 10:30 am, in the 1300 block of South Bouvier Street, police found Tyreek Taylor, 22, black male, with a gunshot wound to the head. Taylor was transported to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 11:10 am.
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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