Sean Kinning was a 20-year-old Black man from Philadelphia who was killed on October 19, 2011. The fatal incident is recorded on the 700 block of East Thayer Street in the Kensington neighborhood, and public homicide listings show he was assaulted and died that same day, indicating the violence unfolded quickly.

No arrest, suspect name, charge, trial, or conviction is identified in those listings, and no motive or detailed account of the killing appears in the material reviewed. Sean’s name is one among many on the city’s 2011 victim list, his death part of a deadly stretch of days for Philadelphia.

If anyone knew Sean, witnessed what happened on East Thayer Street that day, or has information about his case, please share what you know.