Yaniyah Foster was 19 and a recent Ben Franklin High School graduate with plans to study law or criminal justice when she was fatally shot on the front steps of her home on the 1000 block of West Thompson Street in North Philadelphia. Known as Niyah, she worked at the Kanella Grill in Center City and hoped to start a clothing line. Her family described her as bubbly and outgoing.

On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 19, 2020, Foster was sitting with friends on the stoop when surveillance video showed two people walking onto Thompson Street and immediately opening fire. More than two dozen bullets were reported; Foster was struck in the head and three other men were wounded. She was taken to Temple University Hospital and died hours later.

Two suspects, 25-year-old Charles Davis and 16-year-old Joel Saint-Fort, were arrested and charged with murder and related offenses after arriving at the same hospital seeking treatment; investigators recovered two guns in their vehicle that matched the caliber of bullets at the scene. A motive has not been released. If anyone knew Yaniyah or has information about the shooting, please share what you know.