Joseph Martinez, a 48-year-old Hispanic/Latino male from Philadelphia, was listed among the city’s 2009 homicide victims after an assault on July 17, 2009, that ended with his death the following day, July 18. The available online homicide listing places the incident on the 4800 block of Oxford Avenue, a busy stretch in Northeast Philadelphia, where his life was cut short during a year when Philadelphia was still struggling with persistent violence and a long list of killings that left familie
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