Rafi Colon-White, 32, was killed in an early morning shooting in North Philadelphia on Sunday, August 9, 2026. Around 3:15 a.m. officers responding to reports of a double shooting found Colon-White inside a 2022 gray Subaru Outback with a catastrophic gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later.

A second man, 34, suffered gunshot wounds to both legs and was taken to a hospital in critical condition. The intersection of 8th and Oxford streets was cordoned off and homicide detectives from the Philadelphia Police Department launched an investigation. Motive and suspect information were not released in the initial reports, and no arrests were announced.

Does anyone in the community have information about who was at 8th and Oxford streets that night or witnessed the shooting?