Symir Walker was 16 when he was killed on the night of June 15, 2018, in South Philadelphia. After playing basketball at Palumbo Recreation Center, he and a 12-year-old friend were walking home around 10:30 p.m. on the 1200 block of Fitzwater Street when a vehicle approached and shots were fired. At least 19 rounds were discharged; Symir was fatally wounded and later pronounced dead at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. The friend survived after being shot in the leg.

Police have treated the shooting as a targeted attack and suggested a possible connection to gang activity, a claim Symir’s mother disputed, saying he was not involved in gangs. Neither victim had any prior history with law enforcement. A $20,000 reward was posted for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but no suspects have been publicly identified or arrested and the case remains unsolved.

Did anyone in the Hawthorne neighborhood on June 15, 2018, see a vehicle or people near Fitzwater Street that night?