On the evening of Tuesday, October 29, 2019, a burst of gunfire on the 7000 block of Algard Street left two men wounded inside a 2005 Buick LeSabre. Officers arriving at 8:38 p.m. found 23-year-old Alex Rodriguez, a Black man who lived on that block, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital but died of his injuries.

A second victim, a 24-year-old Black man, was also in the car with a single gunshot wound to his back and was taken to the same hospital listed in stable condition. The investigation into Rodriguez’s death remains open; no arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department. What did local readers see or hear that night on Algard Street?