Shaquille Mauri Barbour was an 18-year-old Black male from Philadelphia who was fatally shot on June 6, 2021. The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. on the 1700 block of 68th Avenue in West Oak Lane while he rode his dirt bike back from a corner store after picking up a hoagie. He was struck 13 times by two gunmen in a car and was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 5:00 p.m.

Family remembers Shaquille for his enterprising spirit, radiant smile and work ethic; he had talked about joining the Marines and creating a job training program for the city’s homeless. His sister Aminah Barbour, who had planned to meet him at a family barbecue, heard the gunfire, found him in the street and was with him when he died. The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating; no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved.

If anyone has information about what happened on 68th Avenue that afternoon, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department.