Eric Harrison was 27 and working as a Macy’s security guard in Center City Philadelphia when he was fatally stabbed in December 2023. Employed overnight at the U.S. Postal Service as well as at Macy’s, Harrison was described as hardworking and close with colleagues he called his aunties while saving to move into his own apartment.

The guards retrieved the merchandise and let him leave, but Tunnell returned about 15 minutes later and stabbed Harrison in the neck with a switchblade; the colleague, 23, was also stabbed in the face and arm. Harrison was taken to Jefferson Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:19 a.m.; his coworker was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Tunnell fled, discarding the knife on a SEPTA Market-Frankford Line platform, and was arrested at Somerset Station.

Tunnell was charged with murder, attempted murder and related offenses and later admitted returning because he was upset about how the initial confrontation was handled. In December 2024 he pleaded guilty to the murder and the assault. Harrison’s family has filed a civil suit against Macy’s and the building owners, alleging inadequate security and noting armed officers and private guards were visibly deployed after the killing.

Did anyone know Eric Harrison at work or in the neighborhood who can share memories or information about the events that day?