Phillip Woody

Death by Force

Do you know who killed Phillip Woody in 2003?
On the night of March 23, 2003, Wilmington police were called just before 9 p.m. to the 800 block of North Spruce Street, where they found Phillip Woody—an 18-year-old male, African-American/Black—struck by multiple gunshots. He was rushed for care but did not survive. The evening air on North Spruce Street held the chaos that follows sudden violence: neighbors peering from porches, officers stringing up tape, and the brief sputter of radios recording the last minutes of a young life. The de ...Read More