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Samir Yelberton

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Feb 16, 2017

Victim Details

Samir Yelberton

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-02-16

23

Samir

Yelberton

07/11/2026

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In the late hours of a February evening in Philadelphia, a simmering neighborhood dispute tragically boiled over, claiming the lives of two brothers. Symir Yelverton, a 23-year-old male, and his older brother, Raheem Martin, 24, were shot and killed on February 16, 2017. The violence erupted around 10:30 p.m. outside a cousin's home on the 300 block of East Upsal Street in the East Mount Airy section of the city, a place the brothers had recently begun staying.

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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Brothers killed in East Mt. Airy shooting ID'd
  • Samir Yelberton, age 23 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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