Shawn Merritt, 26, was fatally shot in a double shooting on December 20, 2013, in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia. The attack occurred about 8:36 p.m. on the 5500 block of Lansdowne Avenue. Merritt was struck in the head and chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 24-year-old man was also wounded in the arm and leg and treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; he was reported in stable condition.

The shooting was one of many violent incidents in Philadelphia that December, a month that saw 46 homicides and a steep rise in the city’s violent crime. Authorities opened an investigation into the double shooting, and no arrests have been reported. If anyone has information about what happened on Lansdowne Avenue that night, please come forward.