A birthday barbecue on the 1900 block of West Hunting Park Avenue in Tioga-Nicetown ended in gunfire on July 26, 2025. Quron Ross-Weems, 26, was shot in the head during an argument that turned physical and then spilled into the street; he was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead that night. A second man, 29-year-old Nyfik Johnson, also died, and a 26-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter were wounded.

Police tied the shooting to a dispute that escalated into multiple shooters. Detectives named 25-year-old Lawrence Coleman and 29-year-old Virgil Williams as suspects and later charged 20-year-old Lonzell McDaniel after investigators say he fired down the street and that bullets linked to him fatally struck a man who had been trying to render aid. A $20,000 reward was announced for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Quron’s mother, Cheron Ross-Weems, and others created fundraisers and memorial pages remembering him as someone who tried to defuse the conflict. Does anyone who attended the gathering or who was in the neighborhood that night have information that could help clarify the sequence of shots and who fired?