A young man's mission to get his girlfriend home safely was cut short when gunfire rang out in a West Philadelphia neighborhood.
"He was very caring. He always liked to stick up for people that he loved or anybody around him that he cared about. He always tried to make sure he protected people. He always was protective," said his sister Serenity Smith.
"We just want people to know that Nasheem's specific purpose was to protect his girlfriend and cousin. He was literally going there to make sure she got home safe," said Smith.The pair were there to walk Choice's girlfriend home from the hair salon.When they arrived, they found that both Choice and his cousin had been shot."He saw a car coming towards them, and then the car came back around, and that's when they see that something is wrong," said Smith."'Why was he the intended target?' That we know of, he wasn't in any gang," said his mother, Ineka Handy."He wasn't out here selling drugs. He went to school." The City of Philadelphia is offering up to a $20,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.All calls will remain anonymous.
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