Jeffrey Hardee was 21 when he was fatally shot in South Philadelphia on April 21, 2011. Accounts place the daylight shooting around noon; one version says he was found in front of a corner store on 9th Street, another puts him on the 800 block of McClellan Street riding a bicycle when gunfire erupted. He sustained six gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital less than an hour after the shooting.

Hardee’s death came a day after a nearby fatal shooting that killed 20-year-old Rahfee Jones and wounded a 14-year-old bystander. Police said Hardee had been questioned about that earlier incident but was not considered a suspect or a witness publicly, and some in the neighborhood speculated he may have been targeted for having seen the prior violence. The investigation stalled amid little cooperation from potential witnesses; no suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests announced.

Anyone who knew Hardee, saw him that day, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.