Two killed in weekend violence

Mon, Oct 27th 2014, 12:58 AM

Two men were shot and killed in separate incidents on Saturday, police said.
The first murder happened around 10 a.m.
Police said a 37-year-old man was walking west on Abner Street, Fox Hill, when a burgundy car pulled up next to him.
Police said two men exited the car, one armed with an assault rife and the other with a handgun, and shot the man multiple times before fleeing.
He died at the scene.
A relative identified him as Darron Woodside Davis.
Gregory Davis, his father, said his son was on the way to a funeral.
"I don't know what to do," he said at the scene.
"They took my only life from me. That was my life."
In the latest incident, police said another 37-year-old man was shot near his home on Hospital Lane at 10:20 p.m.
That murder happened days after Eric Martin, 21, was shot dead on Hospital Lane.
Police said the victim was walking on Cambridge Lane when a man, armed with a handgun, approached him and shot him multiple times.
The man attempted to run toward Hospital Lane, but collapsed in the street, police said.
He was taken to hospital where he died.
His girlfriend, Shordell Hepburn, identified him as Kevin Fowler.
Hepburn said Fowler was on his way to a nearby convenience store when he was shot.
"I ran outside," she said outside their home yesterday.
"A couple of minutes after that I realized it was him. Instead of leaving him on the ground to die, I tried to get help.
"We got a ride and we carried him up to the hospital. We didn't know that he wasn't going to make it."
Fowler left behind a four-year-old son, Kevin "KJ" Fowler Jr.
Hepburn said the boy already realizes that his father will never be around.
"I've seen death," she said, with tears rolling down her face.
"I've seen it happen to people, but I never realized what people go through until now."
Hepburn said Fowler was trying to get a job to do better for his family.
"Everybody saw the violence and the background and history he had," she said.
"But instead of doing negative things he was trying to get his life back together and he just wanted to work. He wanted to do the right thing."
Khandi Gibson, president of the support group Families of All Murder Victims (FOAM), said she spoke to Fowler last week and was trying to get him a job.
Up to yesterday, police were still searching for the shooters in both incidents.
The murder count for 2014 stands at 96.

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