On the evening of April 12, 2021, Tarik Khalil Hooks II, a 21-year-old Black man, was found inside a silver Buick Century parked on the 3900 block of Aspen Street in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency crews transported him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead that evening.

The Philadelphia Police Department opened a homicide investigation and detectives canvassed the neighborhood for evidence and witnesses who might know who was responsible.

If anyone saw activity on Aspen Street that evening or has information about Tarik’s death, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department with what you know.