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Tahmir Hightower

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Apr 19, 2023

Victim Details

Tahmir Hightower

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2023-04-19

19

Tahmir

Hightower

06/21/2026

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In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Philadelphia, 19-year-old Tahmir Hightower was on the 4900 block of Olive Street when his life was tragically cut short. At approximately 10:40 p.m. on what police records indicate as April 18, 2023, gunfire erupted. Responding officers discovered Hightower near a vacant lot, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. They rushed him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, but his injuries were too severe, and he was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.
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