Harley Belance was an 11-year-old fifth-grader killed on the evening of March 26, 2021, in Philadelphia’s Oxford Circle neighborhood. Harley and a 14-year-old friend were riding a motorized scooter in the 1500 block of McKinley Street shortly before 7 p.m. when gunfire erupted. Harley was found with a gunshot wound and was rushed to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where he was pronounced dead. His friend survived wounds to an arm and an ankle or leg.

Investigators focused on 19-year-old Khaleek Cooper-Baldwin, also reported as Khalif Cooper Baldwin and known as Kha. Police said he was believed to have fired shots from the steps of a nearby property; authorities obtained an arrest warrant and Cooper-Baldwin surrendered on March 31, 2021. He was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, carrying an unlicensed firearm, and related weapons offenses and was held without bail. Prosecutors later described the shooting as stemming from a dispute involving teenagers and said Harley was not the person at the center of that dispute.

Harley’s family described him as active, kind, helpful, and full of life — a boy who loved basketball, riding bikes, going to church, and helping neighbors carry bags. Does anyone have information about that evening or about Harley’s movements on McKinley Street that could help fill gaps in the timeline?