Sharlton Deshazo-Best

Sharlton Deshazo-Best was 19 years old, a Black male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose life was taken on November 3, 2007. He died in the city he called home, in a place where ordinary streets, familiar blocks, and neighborhood routines should have held the simple promise of another day. Instead, his name became part of Philadelphia’s homicide record, tied to the 300 block of West Queen Lane, where a young man with his whole adulthood still ahead of him was killed.

At 19, Sharlton ...

Murders in Philadelphia

2007 Philadelphia Homicides/Murders Victim List