Damon Swain

Damon Swain was a Philadelphia resident whose life was rooted in the neighborhoods of North Philadelphia. Public records and law-enforcement summaries identify him as a 49-year-old man who lived on the 2600 block of North Hollywood Street. While the publicly available record focuses largely on the circumstances at the end of his life, those same records note that he was well-loved by friends and family — a reminder that Damon mattered to people who knew him.

Beyond the basic facts contained in police and community case pages, there is little public biographical detail available online about Damon’s everyday work, hobbies, or wider family. That absence does not make his life any less real; it simply reflects the limits of the public record. Those who knew Damon remember him as a neighbor and friend in the blocks of North Philadelphia where he lived.

On the evening of January 6, 2016, Damon was shot and later died at Temple University Hospital. The loss left family and friends grieving and searching for answers. Community resources that document unsolved homicides list his name and the date he died, and local appeals have asked anyone with information to come forward. Those pages emphasize that Damon was a local man whose life deserves recognition beyond the brief accounts of an unsolved death.

This remembrance honors Damon by centering what is known of his human ties: he lived in a close-knit neighborhood and was remembered by those who cared for him. Because published obituaries or funeral-home notices matching his name and the reported date of death were not found in authoritative public sources, this life story relies on verified public records and community memorial pages. It respectfully acknowledges the limits of published information while preserving Damon’s identity as more than a line in a case file — a neighbor and a person who mattered to others. May the memory of Damon Swain be held with dignity and compassion by those who loved him.