Ericka Harrell

In the early morning hours of a Tuesday in late autumn, the sounds of a heated argument pierced the North Philadelphia air, a prelude to a tragedy that would leave a community shaken and a family grieving. On November 22, 2011, 41-year-old Ericka Nicole Harrell, a female resident of the neighborhood, found her life brought to a violent and sudden end on the very street she called home. The brutal events unfolded at approximately 1:40 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 22nd Street, a familiar settin ...

Murders in Philadelphia