Amya Devlin

Death by Force

Amya Devlin, 23, a Black woman from Philadelphia, was killed on Memorial Day, May 26, 2025, when gunfire erupted at Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park. Police said hundreds had gathered near Lemon Hill Drive and Sedgley Drive shortly before 10:30 p.m. when a barrage of shots tore through the crowd. Devlin and 21-year-old Mikhail Bowers were both rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where they were pronounced dead. Nine other people—several of them teenagers—were wounded but survived. Author ...Read More

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