On the morning of November 5, 2018, 18-year-old NaJay Williams-White was found on the sidewalk on the 2800 block of Susquehanna Avenue in Philadelphia with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers arrived around 9:47 a.m., and he was taken from the scene to Temple University Hospital in critical condition; he later died of his injuries. He lived on North Salford Street.

NaJay was an aspiring rap artist and a son, brother to four sisters and two brothers, and a grandson. Family remember him as a jokester who loved to write and create music and who had recently spoken about turning his life around and earning a degree.

The investigation has stalled: police say there is no surveillance footage of the shooting, no known motive, and no arrests or publicly identified suspects. A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction. If anyone has information that could help solve NaJay’s murder, please come forward.