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S.W. Phila. man charged in November slaying

Police have charged a Southwest Philadelphia man in the shooting death of a 22-year-old woman last month.

Police have charged a Southwest Philadelphia man in the shooting death of a 22-year-old woman last month.

Amin Gibbs, 33, of the 6800 block of Dicks Avenue, was taken into custody at Police Headquarters and arraigned Wednesday. Police charged him with murdering Zykia Sanders, a college student shot Nov. 17 on the 4400 block of Holden Street in West Philadelphia as she walked home from a party with friends. Sanders, of the 400 block of Busti Street, was hit in the back.

Police have said Sanders was not the target of the shooting. - Allison Steele