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Candlelight vigil tonight for Devin Hatch, a 23-year-old man shot and killed at 54th and Florence

October 8, 2013

ripdevAs we reported earlier, a 23-year-old man was shot multiple times and killed at the intersection of 54th Street and Florence Avenue on Sunday night. Police identified the man as Devin Hatch, who lived on the 5600 block of Florence Avenue. Five other men were wounded in the shooting, one critically. A crowd of people was outside Los Papi Deli & Grocery at 54th Street and Florence Avenue around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, when a group of four to five gunmen walked up to the corner and opened fire, according to reports.

Devin’s friends and neighbors took to social media to express their grief (#ripdev). According to several tweets, a candlelight vigil for Devin will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the scene of the shooting at 54th and Florence.

2 Comments For This Post

  1. canciej Says:

    have they caught any of the people who were shooting? disgusting. 🙁

  2. nam namaste Says:

    More on the incident here – http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9278357. Perhaps it’s unrelated, but according to ABC Hatch had “a history of arrests for drugs and guns.”

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