On a Memorial Day evening in Philadelphia, a large gathering near Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park turned deadly when gunfire broke out around 10:30 p.m. on May 26, 2025. Twenty-one-year-old Mikhail Bowers, a Black man and father of two, was struck in the chest and taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. A 23-year-old woman, Amya Devlin, was also killed and nine others aged 15 to 28 were wounded.

Investigators recovered 21 shell casings from three different calibers and say at least three shooters were involved. Police reported that at least one weapon had been modified with a switch device to fire like a fully automatic gun, producing what the commissioner described as a sound akin to war. Bowers’ family held a balloon release in North Philadelphia to mourn him; his grandfather remembered him as a good young man trying to provide for his family.

No arrests or public identifications of suspects have been announced and the investigation remains open. Did anyone at the park that night see something that could help identify the shooters?