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On the evening of August 1, 2014, three-year-old Tynirah Borum was sitting on a front porch in the Grays Ferry neighborhood of Philadelphia having her hair braided when gunfire erupted. A stray bullet struck her in the chest; she was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead. The same shooting wounded three other people, including a man critically injured by a gunshot to the head.

Investigators tied the attack to a dispute between rival street crews and identified two suspects, Douglas Woods and Brandon Ruffin. Woods was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and charged with murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault. A warrant was issued for Ruffin; he was arrested days later by a joint task force. Authorities said Woods transported Ruffin on his bicycle handlebars to the location, and Ruffin then opened fire on a man from the rival group.

Both men later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and received prison terms. Tynirah’s mother described her as full of life and loved by everyone in the neighborhood. Did anyone in Grays Ferry at the time remember seeing activity or people near that porch on the night of August 1, 2014?