He lived on the south side of West Philadelphia, where the Cobbs Creek river flows. The neighborhood is home to the Automobile Suburb Historic District, a community Environmental Education Center and the Cobbs Creek Park.

“This neighborhood is a diamond in the rough,” and Cobbs Creek is “actually more peaceful than most people perceive it to be,” one woman wrote on Street Advisor. But the neighborhood received an “F” in crime on areavibes.com.

On September 16, 2018, Anthony Gibbs, 17, was shot in his torso in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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He was at the Bintou African & American Restaurant — known as a place to get the best West African food in Philadelphia, and nicknamed the BI Restaurant by locals.

He walked into the southwest Philly restaurant with another man who had just gotten a carryout meal.

The 18-year-old got into a fight with a father and son in the restaurant and was shot and killed on the evening of May 9, 2018. He was one of nine shooting victims over an 18-hour period in Philadelphia.

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He was handsome and beloved. For his aunt, thinking of him evoked laughter and a smile. 

On Aug. 31, 2018, he attempted an armed robbery at a home in the South Side Slopes neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Breaking the back windows, he made his way inside. There, he encountered an alarmed resident. There was a struggle, and the gun he was carrying was ultimately wrestled from his hands.

Daniel James Ling, 18, was shot and killed with his own gun just after 9 a.m. on Aug. 31, 2018. He died at the scene.

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In a suburb just south of Chicago, a boy began his senior year at Lincoln-Way East High School.

His hometown of Frankfort, Illinois, boasts low crime rates and high incomes. At a school with high graduation rates and test scores, his classmates grew up with dreams of attending nearby Northwestern University.

In a friend’s home on Lily Court on Nov. 4, 2018, an unknown boy, 17, was accidentally shot just after 6 p.m. After an unsuccessful CPR attempt by his friend, Frankfort firefighters transported him to Silver Cross Hospital, where he died from the wound left by the bullet from the .357 revolver.

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He was in front of a two-story tan and brown house on Lombard Street. Chairs were scattered along the wire-gate enclosed yard.

Within this Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood lies a community rich in social history. However, these “Forgotten Buffalo” streets are not frequently explored. According to AreaVibes, the district received an F in crime, and Mix96Buffalo ranked it the third most crime-ridden neighborhood in Buffalo, New York.

On June 17, 2018, 17-year-old Leo Thagard III was shot after a brief argument outside of a house on Lombard Street.

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He lived in Balch Springs, a suburb just outside of Dallas, Texas, a city where the rate of violent crime “is one of the highest in the nation.”

One June evening, he was sitting in his car in nearby Mesquite when police responded to the sounds of gunfire in the 1600 block of Crestridge Drive.

Ricardo Gonzales Palacios, 17, was found suffering from a gunshot wound on June 19, 2018. He was taken to the hospital, where he died. Police believe he knew his killer. 

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About three miles from City Island, a landmark in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the 17-year-old was fatally shot in the leg at 5th and Schuylkill streets on the evening of April 12, 2018.

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He had spiky black hair and a broad smile. He had the same dark eyes as his older brother.

He was described as a “beautiful soul” who “always knew how to make the day brighter.”

Ivan Garcia, 17, was shot and killed alongside his 29-year-old brother on June 30, 2018, at Rick’s Motel in Downey, California, following an argument with another 29-year-old man. Neither brother was armed. After a standoff with police, the man was arrested and charged with their murders.

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Built as a two-story complex in 1964 in a quiet corner of Atlanta, Georgia, the Sierra Ridge apartments once bore the tagline “Welcome to the Good Life.”

The apartments have since been dubbed a “crime haven” by some. From June 2017 to July 2018, the Atlanta Police Department responded to 223 calls at Sierra Ridge. The police are pushing to have the complex demolished.

Trayvon T. Muhammad, 17, was shot in the chest and leg on July 12, 2018 at Sierra Ridge. He died of gunshot wounds at a local hospital.

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The DS Food Mart was on Rose Street. On Valentine’s Day, the pair walked into the store.

She held a gun to the store clerk. He looked for money. The owner of the store appeared with his dog. The woman ran. The store clerk grabbed a gun and fired it.  

On Feb. 14, 2018, David Williams, 18, was found with a gunshot wound to the head near the DS Food Mart in Jackson, Mississippi. The accomplice escaped. Williams died in a hospital the following morning.

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