On the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2018, gunfire was reported in the 4500 block of Holden Street in Philadelphia. Officers found 50-year-old James Wimberly, a Black man, lying in the grass on the grounds of an apartment complex with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center but died of his injuries.

Wimberly lived on the 5400 block of Whitby Street and was known to friends as Wimb. In his younger years he was a celebrated and skillful basketball player at the Lee Cultural Center and Playground. The homicide remains open; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

Anyone with information about what happened that night is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.