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Kanye Pittman

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated May 25, 2021

Victim Details

Kanye Pittman

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2021-05-25

15

Kanye

Pittman

07/02/2026

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On the evening of May 25, 2021, 15-year-old Kanye Pittman was tragically shot and killed on the 2500 block of Sydenham Street in North Philadelphia. Kanye, a freshman at Benjamin Franklin High School, was shot multiple times in the head, neck, chest, torso, and arm. Despite immediate medical attention and being rushed to Temple University Hospital, he succumbed to his injuries that same evening.

The shooting was part of a violent night in Philadelphia, where two teenagers were killed with ...
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  • FOX 29 News Philadelphia: 2 teens shot, killed in separate shootings in Philadelphia during 30-minute span
  • 6abc Philadelphia: 2 teens dead after shootings less than an hour apart in Philadelphia
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