On the night of September 24, 2022, gunfire on the 5500 block of Pemberton Street in Philadelphia left two people wounded. One victim was 26-year-old Charles Aaron Bingham, a Black man who lived on Walton Avenue. Bingham suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was taken by private transport to University of Pennsylvania Hospital-Cedar Campus, then transferred to Penn-Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.

A 34-year-old man shot in the chest was also taken to Penn-Presbyterian and admitted in critical condition. The Philadelphia Police Department opened an investigation into Bingham’s death, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. Police have asked the public for information that could help the investigation.

If anyone was in the area that night or has information about the shooting, please come forward to the police.