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Another Philly Murder Over A Snowball Fight
Monday, February 25, 2008
A young man who had been shot in the head over a snowball fight yesterday -- on his 16th birthday -- died this morning. Tavin Rutledge had been at Temple University Hospital on life support. He was pronounced dead at 11:34 a.m.The shooting was one of three this weekend, two of them fatal, as the city's murder rate climbed to 43. Homicide Lt. Mel Williams said the victim and a friend were having a snowball fight in their Feltonville neighborhood when they accidentally hit the alleged shooter, who became enraged, went home, returned with a gun and shot the teen. you can read more at
