On the evening of January 10, 2022, more than 45 shots were fired on the 3000 block of Ella Street in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Police responding to reports of a person with a gun found two men suffering multiple gunshot wounds. James E. Weikel Jr., 45, was transported to Temple University Hospital but died of his wounds. A second victim, 25-year-old Kelvin Quintero, was also taken to the same hospital and pronounced dead.

Weikel was born July 24, 1976, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, grew up in the Spring City area, and graduated from Spring Ford High School in 1995. Known to family and friends as Mr. Fix It, he enjoyed repairing things and spending time outdoors riding motorcycles and four-wheelers. No arrests were reported and no weapons were recovered at the scene; the double homicide remains under investigation.

If anyone knew Weikel or Quintero, or has information about the shooting on Ella Street that night, please come forward.