A block party on the 3200 block of North Spangler Street in Northwest Philadelphia turned deadly in the early hours of Sunday, June 24, 2012. At approximately 1:18 a.m., more than 40 shots were fired during a chaotic shootout. Eric Johnson, 31 and a resident of the 2700 block of North 29th Street, was found with gunshot wounds to his head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene a little over ten minutes after the shooting began.

Three other men were wounded and taken to hospital: a 39-year-old shot in the ankle; a 19-year-old hit in the hand, thigh, and buttock; and a 35-year-old shot in the leg. Police reported no arrests immediately after the incident, and investigators were looking into what sparked the violence. Reports available since then have not indicated any identified suspects or arrests in Johnson’s murder, which was recorded as Philadelphia’s 181st homicide in 2012.

If anyone was at that block party or has information about the events that led to the shooting, please come forward.