Four Homicides This Weekend

On July 11, at 4:21 pm, Michael Giles-Brown, a 16-year-old black male was shot in the chest inside his home on the 5900 block of Augusta Street. Giles-Brown was transported to St. Christopher's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:48 pm. Police have arrested his stepfather Clarence Brown, Sr., 32, for his murder, which they believe stemmed from an argument between the two.

On July 12, at 12:36 am, on the 1500 block of Morth 11th street, police found Anthony Oliver, a 36-year-old black male from Newark, NJ, suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. Oliver was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:59 am.

On July 12, at 4:53 pm police responded to a radio call of a shooting on the 1200 block of North Hollywood Street. There, police found Valentino Cortez Ennis, 46, black male, on the first floor of the location, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head and chest. Ennis was pronounced dead at the scene at 5:07 pm

On July 12, at 9:01 pm, on Queen Lane and Pulaski Lane, police responded to a hospital case. They found 41-year-old Harry Ballard, of the 400 block of West Queen Lane, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the arm, chest and back. Ballard was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:32 pm.