John Whitehead
R&B artist John Whitehead shot dead
By Associated Press
Published May 12 2004
PHILADELPHIA -- John Whitehead, a prominent R&B artist best known for the 1979 hit song "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," was shot dead Tuesday, police said.
Whitehead, 55, and another man were working on a vehicle when they were shot by two gunmen, police said. The assailants fled.
Whitehead was shot in the neck and collapsed. Ohmed Johnson, who was shot in the buttocks, was in good condition early Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Police said the gunmen fired a series of bullets; a young neighborhood girl said she heard about a dozen shots.
"Why did they do this to my dad?" Dawn Whitehead, 33, asked at the scene. "I just talked to him yesterday ... He was a fun person. Who would want to kill him?".....
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