A neighborhood rivalry between two Philadelphia high schools ended with the death of 16-year-old Messiah Chiverton. On the afternoon of October 11, 2017, students from Frankford High and Northeast High clashed in the 2100 block of Magee Avenue in Oxford Circle. At about 4:25 p.m., an 18-year-old Northeast senior, Muhammed Goode, was seen chasing teens on a bicycle while brandishing a semiautomatic handgun. Messiah stepped forward to block the sidewalk and confronted Goode; the two struggled over the gun. As Goode retrieved the weapon he fired, hitting Messiah in the head. Messiah was taken to Aria Jefferson Health-Torresdale Campus in critical condition and died on October 15, 2017 after four days in the hospital. A semiautomatic firearm was recovered and an officer who witnessed the shooting pursued and captured Goode.

The case proceeded through the courts: charges were upgraded to murder after Messiah’s death, and in February 2019 Goode pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and a weapons offense and received 21 to 44 years in prison. Does anyone who knew Messiah or who was in that neighborhood that afternoon have details to add?