Eliezer Mendez was 22 when he was shot and killed on May 19, 2015, near the 2000 block of East Stella Street in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. He died of a gunshot wound to the chest; the crime prompted a lengthy homicide investigation and prosecutions tied to the shooting.

A witness named Rhaheem Friend became a central figure. Friend said he had a tablet that might contain evidence and alleged an illegal firearm was in his sister’s closet. Detective Philip Nordo arrested Friend and, according to later findings, fabricated a story to seize the tablet and the gun. Gerald Camp, the sister’s boyfriend, was charged with possession and removing the firearm’s serial number.

Nordo was later found to have serious misconduct, including depositing money into Friend’s commissary and maintaining a close relationship with him. Because of that misconduct, the case against Darnell Powell, who faced a potential life sentence in connection with Mendez’s death, was dropped in 2018 after a judge called Nordo’s actions outrageous; the District Attorney’s Office declined to appeal and Nordo was fired.

Does anyone have information about Eliezer Mendez, his movements in Kensington in May 2015, or witnesses who saw activity near East Stella Street that day?