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Tarik Chapman

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 17, 2017

Victim Details

Tarik Chapman

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-01-17

38

Tarik

Chapman

07/16/2026

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In the early evening of Tuesday, January 17, 2017, the West Philadelphia neighborhood was shattered by gunfire. Responding to a call at approximately 6:24 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers discovered 38-year-old Tarik Chapman lying unresponsive in the street on the 5100 block of Irving Street. Chapman, a Black male from the 5500 block of Pemberton Street, had sustained multiple gunshot wounds.

Officers rushed him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted in critical cond ...
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  • https://www.inquirer.com: Police: Two men die in separate shootings
  • Philadelphia Obituary Project: Tarik Chapman, 38, always a helper - Philadelphia Obituary Project
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