A 26-year-old affiliate of the Young Bag Chasers was shot and killed while visiting his mom in North Philly, police say
Dahviair Autry, aka "Davinchi," was shot and killed near 8th and West Berks Streets in North Philadelphia on Saturday. The gunmen had been lying in wait, sources say.
A 26-year-old man affiliated with the Young Bag Chasers was shot and killed in North Philadelphia on Saturday, law enforcement sources said.
Dahviair Autry, also known as “Davinchi,” had just come out of his mother’s home near 8th and West Berks Streets around 6:15 p.m. when police said two gunmen who’d been lying in wait ambushed him.
The shooters, armed with a rifle and 9mm handgun, chased Autry down the block and shot him multiple times at near point-blank range, police said. He was rushed to Temple University Hospital and died a short time later.
The gunmen drove to the block in a black Honda Accord that had recently been reported stolen in Cheltenham Township, according to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
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Officers later found the car on fire near 17th and Wishart Streets. A gun magazine was inside, said the source.
Investigators recovered surveillance video of the shooting and are working to identify at least two people involved, the source said.
Autry’s death comes just two weeks after several of his friends and fellow YBC members were charged with multiple murders and shootings as part of a sweeping indictment of the crew. Prosecutors charged 19 people affiliated with the group and its rivals with more than two dozen shootings after a more than two-year investigation into the violence that gripped parts of West Philadelphia and was often chronicled publicly on social media and in drill rap songs.
Law enforcement said YBC, which started as a group of teen friends from Mantua making music after school, had grown into a violent gang in recent years, killing people and celebrating the murders in songs. They profited from the violence with cruel lyrics in music videos that mocked victims and their families and drew millions of listeners on YouTube and Spotify, officials said.
Other crews across the city, including YBC’s enemies, have followed a similarly troubling playbook, investigators said.
Autry was among few YBC members who remained on the street. Over the years, the group of young men he grew up with has dwindled — many are serving decades in prison, while others have died amid a yearslong feud that has reshaped the crew.
On social media, friends and loved ones grieved him. Some vowed revenge, while others were more cynical. One YBC affiliate, in a post to his Instagram story, wrote: “This is the stuff that come with the game.”