On the afternoon of Saturday, June 15, 2019, April Coleman, a 38-year-old Black woman and mother of five, was killed by a stray bullet during a shooting inside the CBM Deli at the corner of Cecil B. Moore and Ridge Avenues in North Philadelphia. The shooting began when an argument, reported to involve her boyfriend and another man, escalated and the other man opened fire inside the busy store. A bullet struck April in the head; she was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital and pronounced dead.

April had moved to Philadelphia from South Carolina about four years before her death. Friends and family remembered her as greatly loved and beautiful. Although the incident occurred in a crowded, public place with numerous witnesses, the investigation remains open and no arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced. If anyone was in or near the deli that afternoon or has information about the argument and shooting, please come forward.