Chester, Pennsylvania recorded its first homicide of 2019 on the afternoon of February 11, when 18-year-old Yahmire Curry was shot multiple times in the 700 block of Pennell Street. Police found that he had been transported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where he later died. Reports say Curry had been shot 20 times.

The investigation quickly focused on brothers Christopher and Lamar R. Gordy. Lamar reportedly approached officers at the hospital and said he had shot someone and had the gun on him; a 9 mm Taurus handgun alleged to be the murder weapon was recovered. Lamar initially told police he acted in self-defense, claiming Curry had fired at him first, but witness statements and scene evidence were said to contradict that account. Investigators described the shooting as stemming from an argument between the Gordy brothers and Curry.

Curry had posted on social media days before his death that he was not himself and wished for better days. The day after Curry’s death his sister gave birth to a baby boy. Does anyone have information about the events on Pennell Street that afternoon or knew Yahmire?