The loss of Kahlief Myrick and other students who have been killed by gun violence weigh heavily on South Philadelphia High School as the new school year begins.
A 16-year-old was killed outside a 7-Eleven after looking at a man who took it the wrong way, police say Julie Shaw, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Police are searching for a gunman who they say killed a 16-year-old outside a 7-Eleven in Southwest Philadelphia last week because the teen looked at him in a way that made him feel disrespected.
“What are you looking at?” police say the man asked the teen when the two encountered each other inside the store.
“What are you looking at?” Kahlief Myrick responded, according to his family.
The man, believed to be in his mid-20s, waited outside for the teen to leave the store and then shot him in the chest, police said.