A December 21, 2017 dispute in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia ended in gunfire. Around 8:30 p.m., a domestic argument involving Jabir Kennedy and the mother of his child escalated; after she called male cousins, Jabir Kennedy was confronted outside a Dorel Street home by a group of five men. During the altercation the 23-year-old fired a gun, wounding four men and fatally injuring one.

Kennedy was sought by police as armed and dangerous and turned himself in about a week later. He was charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder, spent fifteen months in custody without bail, then rejected a plea offer of 17 to 34 years and elected a jury trial. At the March 2019 trial his lawyer argued self-defense and Kennedy testified that he fired because he believed his life was in danger; the jury acquitted him on all counts.

Did anyone in Elmwood at the time see the confrontation on Dorel Street or know the men who were involved?