A late-night house party in North Philadelphia turned deadly Sunday night when 19-year-old Hyvear Zayzohn Tookes was shot and killed near Temple University’s campus, leaving a community in mourning and investigators searching for answers.
Philadelphia police responded to reports of gunfire near 16th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue at approximately 11:16 p.m. When officers arrived, they found numerous spent shell casings scattered across the area but no victims at the scene.
The situation changed moments later when officers learned that a gunshot victim had been brought to Temple University Hospital’s emergency department. That victim was Tookes, who was pronounced dead shortly before midnight…