Christopher Foster was 18 when he was found dead on Woodlawn Street near Morris Street in Germantown on the evening of January 19, 2011, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest. He had left his home in Roxborough around 8:00 p.m. with a close friend to go to a local sandwich shop; the friend later said a car with an assailant carrying a shotgun pulled up beside them and the two teens ran in opposite directions. Christopher’s body was discovered about sixteen minutes after he left his house, while the actual location of the shooting was not immediately clear to investigators.

A student at Roxborough High School, Christopher was remembered as vibrant, happy and musical—he had recently received a keyboard for Christmas—and his family described him as an old soul. In the days after the killing, police reported no suspects and no clear motive; no arrests were publicly announced. The family and community were left seeking answers after an apparently random, deadly attack.

If anyone knew Christopher or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.