Late on the night of August 4, 2021, gunfire in Chester, Pennsylvania, ended with the death of 31-year-old Walter Leroy Clark Jr. Police were first dispatched to the area of 9th and Tilghman Streets around 11:30 p.m., and the response was updated to a shooting near 9th and Kerlin Streets. Officers ultimately located Clark inside a tan Chevrolet Lumina on the 800 block of Concord Avenue; the vehicle showed significant exterior damage and Clark had a gunshot wound to the upper trunk area on his left side.

Medical aid was given, but he was pronounced dead at the scene that night. Both the City of Chester Police Department and the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division investigated and publicly asked for tips. No arrests have been announced, and no motive or suspect information has been released; the homicide remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about what happened that night, please come forward to the investigators handling the case.