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Calvin Helton

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Dec 28, 2000

Victim Details

Calvin Helton

Male

Philadelphia

PA

2000-12-28

19

Calvin

Helton

06/29/2026

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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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  • Philadelphia Mass Killings Are Believed Drug-Related (Published 2000)
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