Seventeen-year-old Christopher Braxton was shot and killed while walking home from Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia on January 26, 2022. The shooting occurred shortly before 3 p.m. on the 2300 block of South 66th Street; a single gunshot struck him in the chest. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 3:20 p.m. Bartram High School was locked down after the shooting.

Classmates described Christopher as a good and nice student. Community members and local leaders held gatherings calling for an end to the violence.

If anyone was in the area around 3 p.m. on January 26, 2022, or has information about what happened, please come forward and share what you know.