On Friday, Nov. 28, shortly after 4 pm, Daylen Edwards, 22, black male, was found shot in the chest behind a building on Haverford Avenue near City Avenue. Edwards was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 4:49 pm.
Shortly before midnight, Curtis Jordan, 29, of Ruby Street near Market, was found shot in the chest on 16th Street near Wyoming Avenue. Jordan was pronounced dead at Einstein Medical Center at 12:22 am Saturday.
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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