On Oct 11...
12:01 am: Timothy Mitchell, 21, black male, was shot while sitting on the front porch of his home on 61st Street near Oxford. Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene.
11:15 am: A 35-year-old black female was found lying in a North Philadelphia backyard on Goodman Street near 11th with a gunshot wound to her head. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and police have not released her name pending family notification.
1:15 pm: Gilberto Alvarez, 37, Hispanic male, was shot in the back on A Street near Wyoming Avenue. Alvarez was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:35 pm.
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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