In the early hours of July 28, 2015, gunfire on 28th Street near Grays Ferry Avenue in Philadelphia left 38-year-old Rasul Williams dead and two other men wounded. Williams, who lived in Northern Liberties, was shot multiple times and was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:07 a.m.

A 40-year-old man was treated for gunshot wounds to both legs at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and released. A 45-year-old man with gunshot wounds to both legs was treated and released at Kennedy University Hospital in Stratford, New Jersey. Police reported they had not identified any suspects or a motive in the immediate aftermath, and no arrests or suspect identifications have been reported online.

Anyone who knew Rasul Williams or who has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.