On August 6, 2009, Wilmington, Delaware, experienced its second homicide of the week when 28-year-old Stephon Phillips was found fatally shot in the city's Hedgeville neighborhood. Police responded to the 600 block of South Connell Street around 12:30 a.m., discovering Phillips with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The circumstances surrounding Phillips' death were part of a broader pattern of violence in Wilmington during that period. In 2009, the city repo
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