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‘Public Service Homicide’ in Killadelphia

Posted on | August 24, 2024 | Comments Off on ‘Public Service Homicide’ in Killadelphia

The death of Abdul Vicks, a/k/a “YBC Dul,” may be mourned by some people, but I won’t be among the mourners:

A popular 25-year-old rapper — who prosecutors say was considered the ringleader of a notoriously violent West Philadelphia-based gang — was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the city’s Olney section, a law enforcement source said.
Police said the shooting occurred just after 3:30 p.m. on the 5500 block of North Sixth Street. The victim, who was identified as Abdul Vicks, was shot multiple times in the chest and right hand and was taken by private vehicle to Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m.
The source requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
Prosecutors say Vicks, who performed as “YBC Dul,” was considered the ringleader of the West Philadelphia-based gang called YBC, or Young Bag Chasers.
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Earlier this month, 22-year-old Quamere Hall, a Vicks associate, was arrested at the Criminal Justice Center and charged with the shooting death of a 34-year-old man last year.
Hall, another rapper who performs as “Mere Pablo,” was at the Criminal Justice Center to show support for Arshad Curry, a fellow YBC member who was scheduled to be sentenced for shooting five people, three fatally, in 2021. Curry was sentenced to 42½ to 85 years in prison.
Last year, three other YBC members were convicted of killing two teens.

Borrowing “public service homicide” from Dana Pico, who points out how many murders were attributed to the YBC gang and their North Philly associates, the YFA gang. The Philadelphia Inquirer did a nice feature story on the teenage witness who helped send several of these murderous thugs to prison. We may deduce that one reason Vicks got killed is because so many of his gun-wielding comrades are no longer on the street, thus reducing his protection. While I would be perfectly happy to see the killers of “YBC Dul” also go to prison — a further reduction in the criminal street population is always beneficial — maybe solving this homicide is not a top priority for Philadelphia police, because the city became a safer place the moment “YBC Dul” died.



 

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