Kevin Garner was a 54-year-old Army veteran and gardener described by neighbors and family as a loving sweetheart who lived with his wife on North 8th Street in Philadelphia and had a daughter. Shortly after midnight on September 28, 2011, he walked a few blocks to use an ATM outside the Diamond Deli at North 9th and Diamond Streets and was withdrawing $200 when a man in a car approached and, according to police, confronted him with a gun.

Police say there was a struggle before the assailant opened fire; Garner was shot three times in the back, neck, and chest. The gunman grabbed the cash and fled in the car while neighbors heard shots and a vehicle screeching away. Officers found Garner in the street; he was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead at about 12:30 a.m. Surveillance video from a nearby business captured the incident, and investigators described the suspect as a well-dressed, light-skinned man about 5 feet 10 inches tall. As of September 2011 no arrests had been made and the case remained unsolved.

If anyone has information about Kevin Garner’s killing, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department at 215.686.TIPS (8477).