Paul Humphrey was 17 when he was fatally shot on Briscoe Avenue in Buffalo, New York, shortly after midnight on July 13, 2019. A student at Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School about to begin his junior year, he was a member of the school’s football team and described as well liked. Humphrey was taken to Erie County Medical Center with critical injuries and later pronounced dead. A 15-year-old boy was also wounded in the same incident, treated at a children’s hospital, and released.

The shooting prompted a large community response, including a prayer service on the school lawn attended by hundreds. Despite an initial Buffalo Police Department investigation and public appeals, no arrests had been announced and no suspects publicly identified as of late 2024. The case is treated as a cold case and Crime Stoppers of Western New York is offering up to $7,500 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.