A South Philadelphia family’s life was shattered on the evening of July 19, 2025. Around 8:30 p.m. on Latona Street, 28-year-old Amira Harper was shot multiple times in her home during an argument that neighbors heard. First responders found her wounded and she was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital, where she died shortly after. Her three children, including an infant, were in the house; witnesses say the children were in the living room and saw the shooting.

Police allege that Harper’s husband of five months, 28-year-old Zakiyy Bonds, fired 11 shots while holding the couple’s one-year-old child, then fled. Officers located him hiding in a nearby backyard and arrested him; he faces charges of murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person and is awaiting trial. Neighbors remembered Amira as a friendly, devoted mother who had recently moved to the neighborhood.

Does anyone in the Latona Street area have information about that evening or memories of Amira and her family that could help the investigation?