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Messiah Chiverton

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Oct 11, 2017

Victim Details

Messiah Chiverton

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-10-11

16

Messiah

Chiverton

07/13/2026

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In the fall of 2017, a simmering rivalry between two Philadelphia high schools tragically boiled over, ending the life of a 16-year-old boy. Messiah Chiverton, a Black / African American junior at Frankford High School, found himself in the midst of a violent confrontation on the afternoon of October 11, 2017. The dispute involved a group of students from his school and another from Northeast High School. What may have started as a typical teenage conflict escalated into a fatal encounter in the ...
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  • Philly.com: Philly teen dies after being shot in Oxford Circle student melee
  • 6abc Philadelphia: Boy, 16, dies after being shot in Northeast Philadelphia
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