Dewayne Johnson

In the summer of 2009, a wave of violence was washing over the city of Philadelphia, a tide that would tragically sweep up a young man named Dewayne Johnson. A 29-year-old African-American male, Dewayne became one of the many victims in a year marked by a high number of homicides, a stark reminder of the gun violence that plagued the city's streets. His life was cut short on July 20, 2009, when he was shot and killed, his death adding to the grim statistics of a city struggling to contain the bl ...

Murders in Philadelphia