Henry Peterson, 26, was shot and killed on March 15, 2020, while sitting inside an Infinity on Hamilton Street in Mantua, Philadelphia. He sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the chest and head. A 22-year-old woman in the vehicle was also shot in the head and taken to hospital in critical condition.

Philadelphia Police responded and investigators say the shooting followed a dispute that turned violent. Within days they arrested 29-year-old Darrel Hentz; he was charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, and possession of an instrument of crime. The case went to trial and a jury convicted Hentz of second-degree murder and related weapons offenses, and he received a life sentence for the murder charge.

Henry Peterson’s death and the shooting of the woman drew attention to gun violence in Philadelphia and to the police response that led to an arrest and prosecution. If anyone knew Peterson, the injured woman, or witnessed the shooting on Hamilton Street that night, please share what was seen or known.