Zaafir Tyray Jerry was 17 when he was shot on the morning of June 8, 2025, on the 2200 block of South Felton Street in Southwest Philadelphia. Officers arrived around 11:15 a.m. and found him with gunshot wounds to the head, hip, and back; he was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:52 a.m.

Police reported a chaotic scene with numerous spent shell casings and a firearm recovered at the location. Within ten days investigators identified a suspect: on June 18, 2025, Raynald Francois, 30, surrendered at police headquarters and was charged with murder and related offenses. Authorities did not publicly release a detailed motive at that time. The death was later noted in obituary and gun-violence remembrance pages tracking Philadelphia homicides.

If anyone knew Zaafir, was with him that morning, or has information about what happened on South Felton Street, please come forward with what can help investigators.