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Derrick Gant

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Mar 17, 2024

Victim Details

Derrick Gant

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2024-03-17

28

Derrick

Gant

07/09/2026

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In the Brewerytown neighborhood of Philadelphia, on the evening of March 17, 2024, Derrick Gant, a 28-year-old Black man known in the music world as Phat Geez, was shot and killed. The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m. on the 1200 block of North Taney Street. Police officers, responding to reports of a person with a gun, discovered Gant lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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  • FOX 29 News Philadelphia: Shots fired from car kill unarmed man outside his North Philadelphia home: police
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about the surveillance footage from the Ring camera that captured the ter... ...Read More
    08/19/2024
    Did anyone else see Meek Mill's heartfelt post about Phat Geez? It's so tragic. You can really feel ... ...Read More
    07/16/2024
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    I can't stop thinking about the heartbreaking story surrounding Derrick Gant's murd... ...Read More
    03/30/2024
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