Damon Smith was 45 when he was shot and killed in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze neighborhood on July 30, 2022. Officers found him lying in the street on the 2000 block of Dickinson Street after several shots were fired; he was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and pronounced dead that evening. Police reported he had been struck three times in the torso, once in the back, and once in the leg, and no firearm was recovered at the scene.

A suspect was arrested on August 4, 2022, and charged with murder and related offenses; the case is pending trial. Few other public details about motive or events leading up to the shooting have been released. If anyone saw activity on Dickinson Street that evening or has information about what happened to Damon, please come forward.