In the early hours of a Saturday in August 2013, 30-year-old Lamar Brown of West Powelton was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a wrecked vehicle on 33rd Street near Master in Brewerytown. Police arrived about 2:15 a.m., and Brown was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital, where a wound to his neck was determined to be a gunshot rather than an injury from the crash. He was pronounced dead at 2:45 a.m.

After that discovery the case immediately shifted from an apparent vehicle accident to a homicide investigation. Investigators reported no known suspects and had not determined a motive as the inquiry remained in its early stages, with authorities asking the public for information. The shooting and the circumstances that led to the crash remain unresolved.

If anyone witnessed activity around 33rd Street near Master that night or has information about Lamar Brown’s last movements, please come forward with what you know.