On the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2015, shots were fired on the 3300 block of H Street in Philadelphia. Officers who responded at about 9:00 p.m. found 22-year-old Emmanuel Cintron with multiple gunshot wounds. He lived on that block and was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he died the next morning, Monday, August 24, 2015; his death was ruled a homicide.

Emmanuel was the youngest child in his family, remembered as the beloved baby of the house with three sisters and a brother. Family described him as kind and friendly, someone who had been working and had made positive changes in his life; nieces and nephews waited for him to come home. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced, and the Philadelphia Police continue to seek information.

If anyone saw activity on the 3300 block of H Street on the night of August 23, 2015, or has information about Emmanuel’s murder, please come forward.