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Police Said Shooter At Skyzoo Parking Lot Declined Fist Fight; Pulled Gun And Told Man You re Gonna Die Friday, June 4, 2021
Police said a murder outside the Skyzoo bar on Lee Highway came after a heated argument between two men over a woman that they both had a relationship with.
Police said Eric Charles Grant, II, 32, challenged Kristijian Mrkonjic to a fight, but Mrkonjic told him, Nah, m - f -, you re gonna die.
He then pulled a pistol out of his waistband and shot Grant and a man who was with him, 45-year-old Marking Vaughn, multiple times. Grant died after being taken to a hospital.
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In March 2020, one of the earliest coronavirus superspreader events in the United States occurred when a church choir in Washington State met for a rehearsal. Of the 61 singers who attended, 53 developed symptoms of Covid-19. Soon after, congregations around the country held what would be their last in-house services of the year.
Tariro Mzezewa, a New York Times reporter, talked to churches recently to learn how they had adapted. “My favorite part of going to church as a kid was the music and the sense of community,” she said. “I wanted to know how the pandemic changed that.”
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The Rev. LeRoi Simmons, 74, a business owner, minister, and longtime community activist, died Thursday, May 6, at Einstein Medical Center from complications of sickle-cell anemia.
A family man, Rev. Simmons built a life around standing up for children and his Germantown neighborhood, fighting injustice whenever he saw it. But he somehow remained hopeful about the world, said City Councilmember Helen Gym, a friend.
âHe was clearheaded without ever being cynical,â said Gym. âLeRoi just exhorted us to do more, every day.â
Born in North Philadelphia to Lubertha Mae and Leroy Simmons, Rev. Simmons graduated in 1965 from Benjamin Franklin High School. His father died when Rev. Simmons was 14, forcing him to grow up young, giving him a sense of responsibility for others that never left him.