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Christopher Braxton

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 26, 2022

Victim Details

Christopher D. Braxton

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2022-01-26

17

Christopher

Braxton

06/23/2026

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In the afternoon hours of a January day in Southwest Philadelphia, a life was tragically cut short. Seventeen-year-old Christopher Braxton, a Black/African American male and a senior at Bartram High School, was walking home from school on January 26, 2022, a routine he had likely followed countless times before. But on this day, shortly before 3 p.m., violence shattered the afternoon calm on the 2300 block of South 66th Street.

Just moments after dismissal, a single gunshot rang out, stri ...
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  • Obituary for Christopher D. Braxton | Francis Funeral Home
  • 6abc Philadelphia: 17-year-old student fatally shot near Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia
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