In the winter of 2000, a devastating act of violence cut short the life of 19-year-old Calvin Helton in what became the deadliest mass shooting in Philadelphia's history, an event that would later be known as the Lex Street massacre. On the night of December 28th, Helton, a young male with dreams of becoming a Navy SEAL, was in a rowhouse on Lex Street in West Philadelphia when masked gunmen stormed the residence. The assailants rounded up ten individuals, forcing them to lie face down before op
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