On the evening of Tuesday, January 17, 2017, gunfire in West Philadelphia left 38-year-old Tarik Chapman critically wounded. Officers responding to a call at about 6:24 p.m. found Chapman lying unresponsive in the street on the 5100 block of Irving Street; he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.

Chapman, a Black male from the 5500 block of Pemberton Street, died the next day, Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at 6:56 p.m. As of the most recent information, no arrests have been announced and the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit is investigating. If anyone has information about the shooting, contact investigators to assist the case.