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Tyshiem Chaney

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Mar 27, 2017

Victim Details

Tyshiem Chaney

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-03-27

17

Tyshiem

Chaney

07/02/2026

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In the late hours of a March night in Southwest Philadelphia, the life of 17-year-old Tyshiem Chaney was tragically cut short. An African American male, Chaney was on the 5900 block of Larchwood Avenue on March 26, 2017, when he was shot multiple times in the chest. Police officers found him on the front steps of a home and rushed him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead shortly before midnight. The shooting, it was later determined, occurred during a robbery while he ...
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    Has anyone looked into how the community is responding to youth violence since Tyshiem Chaney's trag... ...Read More
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