On a warm summer evening in Philadelphia, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Zafir Abdur-Rahman, a 23-year-old Black male, was standing with another man on the 7700 block of Williams Avenue in the East Mount Airy neighborhood on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. At approximately 7:30 p.m., their evening was shattered by the sudden eruption of gunfire. A white compact sedan reportedly pulled alongside them, and an occupant began shooting.
The violent ambush left both men critically w
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