Employee shot and killed in W. Kensington store [View all]

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Updated at 11:54 PM today
By DANN CUELLAR

WEST KENSINGTON - January 23, 2012 (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police are investigating a fatal shooting at a grocery store in West Kensington Monday night.

Police have not identified the victim, but her friends in the neighborhood are identifying her as 29-year-old Reina Aguirre.

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"This doesn't appear to be a robbery. It appears this male entered the store with the intent of shooting this female who was working behind the counter," Small said.

Although police have not established a motive, some neighbors say she had been having problems with drug dealers on the block.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/crime&id=8516163&rss=rss-wpvi-article-8516163

Nutter on violence: 'Enough is enough'
January 17, 2012|By Troy Graham, Inquirer Staff Writer

Mayor Nutter spent Monday attending events to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his teachings of peace and nonviolence - a legacy overshadowed in Philadelphia by the recent surge in killings on the city's streets.

The mayor's last stop of the day was a packed Kensington church, where he spoke to a congregation that included about a dozen family members mourning the young victims of a quadruple shooting last week.

He talked to them in often hushed tones about their loss, and about his own frustration and struggle with the deaths.

"I'm still in pain," he said. "I'm not afraid to admit it."

http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-17/news/30635485_1_mayor-nutter-peace-and-nonviolence-human-nature

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