Tamir Aubrey Simpson

In the early afternoon of Sunday, October 3, 2021, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a North Philadelphia neighborhood. When police responded to the 4500 block of North 17th Street at 12:43 p.m., they found a young man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was identified as Tamir Aubrey Simpson, a 20-year-old Black male who resided on Rowan Street in Philadelphia. He was a family-oriented young man, described by his mother as a 'big kid at heart' who was not involved in stre ...

Tamir Aubrey Simpson, age 20 - National Gun Violence Memorial