In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in May 2012, tragedy struck in a North Philadelphia neighborhood. Malik Harvin, a 23-year-old man, was seated on a porch on the 2200 block of North Gratz Street. It was approximately 3:17 a.m. when the peace of the morning was shattered by gunfire.
Harvin was struck in the chest by the gunfire and was fatally wounded at the scene. He resided just a block away from where the shooting occurred.
At the time of the initial reports, law enforcement had not yet determined a motive for the slaying.
The investigation into Malik Harvin's death was ongoing, and authorities had not publicly identified any suspects or made any arrests in connection with the shooting. His death was one of three separate fatal shootings that occurred in Philadelphia on that same day, leaving a community searching for answers and grieving the loss of life.
