On a warm summer evening in Southwest Philadelphia, what began as a night of neighborhood basketball ended in a tragedy that would leave a family searching for answers for years to come. Nineteen-year-old Eric Woods, a beloved son and avid basketball enthusiast, was shot and killed on August 1, 2007, as he walked home from a game.
Born on Christmas Day in 1987, Eric was described by his mother, Monique Irvis, as a kind-hearted and consistently positive young man. He had graduated from Joh
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