On the night of August 9, 2026, 61-year-old Michelle Wilson was fatally shot while sitting on the front porch of her North 24th Street home in Philadelphia. Her 67-year-old husband, Evans Tyree Wilson Jr., was shot in the buttocks and survived; both were taken to Temple University Hospital. Michelle Wilson was pronounced dead shortly after midnight.

Surveillance footage shows a masked man walking down the street, removing a handgun from a bag and opening fire. Investigators recovered about 20 shell casings across the porch and sidewalk. Police say the motive is unknown and it is unclear whether the Wilsons were the intended targets. No arrests or publicly named suspects have been reported; a $20,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Michelle Wilson was known in the neighborhood as Missy and had been working with her husband on a new food-truck business selling tacos and sandwiches. Anyone who saw suspicious activity on North 24th Street that night or who recognizes the person in the surveillance footage is asked to contact investigators.