Shawn D. Baskins, a 42-year-old White man from Norristown, was killed in a targeted shooting in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood before dawn on May 14, 2025. Officers found Baskins in the driver’s seat of a pickup near Hope and West Cambria streets at about 3:55 to 4:00 a.m.; he was taken to Temple University Hospital and died shortly after. Two other men were wounded in the same attack—a 49-year-old who was badly injured and a 40-year-old who later came to a hospital with a leg wound.

Police said the gunman approached the pickup, opened a door, and fired repeatedly into the cab, with at least fifteen shots reported. Investigators reviewed nearby surveillance video and looked into any possible connection to another deadly shooting hours earlier, but the case was handled by the city’s unsolved homicide unit and remained publicly unsolved. No publicly identified suspect, description, or arrest has been reported.

If anyone saw the pickup or the shooting near Hope and West Cambria in the early morning of May 14, 2025, or has information about how the three men were connected, please come forward.