Azir Harris

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2025, a block party on South Etting Street in Philadelphia turned into a scene of chaos and violence, forever altering the lives of many. Among the victims was 24-year-old Azir Harris, a man who had already survived a previous act of gun violence that left him paralyzed and reliant on a wheelchair. Harris was attending a cookout with friends when gunfire erupted shortly before 1 a.m. In the ensuing panic, he was struck multiple times in the back and was pron ...

FOX 29 Philadelphia: 24-year-old killed in mass shooting was paralyzed from surviving 2019 drive-by shooting, family says

3 dead, 9 injured in mass shooting in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood; 3 suspects wanted, police say