Piere Burbage, a 29-year-old Black man from Philadelphia, was shot and killed on the evening of August 31, 2016, in the Mantua neighborhood. He was on the steps or porch area of the Mantua Haverford Community Center on the 600 block of North 39th Street when an argument with another man shown on surveillance video escalated and the gunman fired three shots. Burbage was hit in the chest, left arm, and lower back; one bullet struck the community center door.

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and pronounced dead, with one report placing the time of death at 8:56 p.m. His young son was nearby and was not physically injured but may have witnessed the killing. Police initially had not recovered a weapon or identified a motive, but within a week they announced the arrest of Muhammad Johnson, 28, of Pratt Street, charging him with murder, firearms violations, and related offenses.

Did anyone in Mantua that night see or hear anything that could help clarify what led to the argument and shooting?