He managed four rooms in his father's Strawberry Mansion apartment house, which he used to give shelter to those in need of a cheap place to live, his family said. His warm heart may have cost him his life. Police are searching for that tenant, who family members said was behind in his rent and had threatened to kill if evicted. Across the street is Carolina Markets, one of the chain of grocery stores Gallon's father has owned in North Philadelphia for the last 18 years. There are sick people among us.
People have no respect for human life.
Besides managing the four rooms, he helped his father and brother, Xavier, manage the four Carolina Markets in North Philadelphia. Through tears, he said he had received a call from the tenant looking for Sheldon Gallon at about 1 p.m. When his brother failed to return in one hour, he went to the apartment house and found the body. The tenant, who had a job, had lived in the room for eight months. Felton Gallon did not believe the threat.