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Remembering the lives lost in Philadelphia mass shooting
Josephine Wamah, left, sister of shooting victim Joseph Wamah Jr., tears up as she speaks about her brother at a news conference at Salt and Light Church on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Philadelphia. - Allie Ippolito/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Remembering the lives lost in Philadelphia mass shooting

PHILADELPHIA — The victims of the mass shooting in Kingsessing died going about their daily life: walking to get food, checking on a friend, responding to neighbors in need. They were aspiring college athletes and twin brothers; loving sons and fathers. They had plans — one to walk his daughter down the aisle, another to propose to the love of his life. But all of that was cut short when a man with a gun walked through the Southwest Philadelphia community and shot people at random. The shooting spree left five dead and two children, ages 2 and 13, injured in one of the deadliest shootings in P...

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