Donald Dale, a 58-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on Friday, January 28, 2022, on Poplar Street in West Philadelphia. Officers responding in the late afternoon found Dale with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and died that afternoon. Public case information says he lived on Poplar Street, placing the shooting close to home.

Early news reports tied the violence to a landlord-tenant confrontation over electricity being cut to bedrooms. Police said two women were in custody after a confrontation that escalated into gunfire, and that one of the women shot the landlord multiple times. Dale was reportedly shot in front of his girlfriend, who locked herself in a bedroom, escaped by jumping from a second-floor window, and ran to call police. A person of interest was taken into custody the same day but no weapon had been recovered.

The Philadelphia Police unsolved-murders listing still classifies Dale’s death as unsolved and asks anyone with information to contact the Homicide Unit or submit an anonymous tip. Did anyone in West Philadelphia witness the confrontation or the events on Poplar Street that afternoon?