On the evening of Sunday, September 10, 2017, 20-year-old Branden Vincent of Medary Avenue in Philadelphia was found lying in the street on the 2100 block of Chelten Avenue in East Germantown with multiple gunshot wounds to his head and torso. Officers arrived at about 7:09 p.m.; Vincent was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and died later that evening.

The investigation identified a suspect, 29-year-old Michael Blackston of the Nicetown neighborhood, who was arrested on November 2, 2019 and charged with murder, possessing instruments of crime and several firearm offenses in connection with Vincent’s death. The inquiry connected Blackston to other homicides from 2011 to 2017; additional victims named in that investigation include Saleem Garland, Gary Wilson, Kristin Freemon and Michael Cousette.

If anyone knew Branden, his movements that evening, or has information about the shooting on Chelten Avenue, please come forward.