Derwin Darnell Joseph Matthews Jr., 31, was shot in an alley off the 200 block of South Camac Street in Philadelphia’s Center City just after 2:30 a.m. on June 2, 2025, hours after the city’s Pride March and Festival concluded in the nearby Gayborhood. He suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen, was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 6:20 a.m. that same morning.

Early accounts place the shooting between about 2:29 and 2:45 a.m. and describe chaos among late-night crowds near bars; investigators canvassed the block and recovered surveillance video that reportedly shows a suspect running south on Camac toward Locust moments after the shot. Authorities initially indicated an argument may have preceded the gunfire but did not specify a motive.

By June 19, 2025, detectives had released the names of two people wanted in connection with the killing: Nysheem Hinson-Rakley, 22, and Tyrik Ransom, 24, and issued active arrest warrants while asking the public for tips. If anyone has information about what happened that night or about the two men named, please share it with the Philadelphia Homicide Unit.