Saleem Lamar Hinson was 19 when he was found dead on the front lawn of a vacant property in the 2900 block of West Ninth Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, at about 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. He had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. The Delaware County Medical Examiner, Dr. Frederic N. Hellman, ruled the death a homicide. Online memorial records also list him as having been lost to gun violence that day in Chester.

His killing was recorded as Chester City’s ninth homicide of 2006; Delaware County had twelve homicides by that point. The location and timing — a vacant property in the middle of the night — left the case dependent on witnesses, tips, or information from people who might have known what happened. Chester detectives and Delaware County criminal investigators handled the inquiry and publicly asked anyone with information to contact Detective Lamont Graves, Detective Charles List, or the Citizens Crime Commission homicide tip line; callers were told they could remain anonymous.

Is anyone in the community able to share details about Saleem’s last known movements or events near West Ninth Street that night?