Camden pharmacy will open at spot where man was killed four years ago

Barbara Boyer, Inquirer Staff Writer Posted: Friday, February 22, 2013, 3:01 AM

Luis "Peanut" Garcia took pride in detailing cars for a living, had plans to buy a house, and had bought an engagement ring for his girlfriend.

His dreams died with him four years ago when, at 25, he fell to a shooting outside a nightclub in Camden's Cramer Hill neighborhood.

On Friday, Miguel's Pharmacy, at 32d Street and River Avenue, will celebrate its grand opening at the same location where the rowdy Rumba Rengue had been in business until Garcia's family started a campaign to close the bar for good.

"This is about something positive coming from something bad," said Garcia's mother, MaryAnn Bonilla, 49, who lives within blocks of the spot where her son died.

At 1 p.m., Bonilla, a Spanish-language translator for Camden Municipal Court, is scheduled to carry a banner at the head of a march from the pharmacy to the community center at River and Reeves Avenue, where residents are invited to a health fair.

The event also was planned to memorialize Garcia on the fourth anniversary of his death and is part of an ongoing antiviolence campaign in the city.

"This is my closure," Bonilla said from her rowhouse, where boxes were filled with belongings as she prepared to move from the home where she lived with her two sons and daughter. She wants a fresh start in a new house.

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