Emilio Lopez was 18 when he was shot and killed on September 29, 2010, while seated with friends in his car on the block where he lived in Northeast Philadelphia. A June 2010 graduate of Northeast Philadelphia High School, he had planned to begin classes at Orleans Technical College in October and liked cooking Spanish food and pursuing rap music.

Emilio’s mother, Nilsa, raised him and his siblings and remembers him as humble, caring, and protective of his family. Despite repeated appeals and a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to an arrest, the case remains unsolved. Nilsa continues to visit his grave at Oakland Cemetery weekly and keeps an eternal candle burning at his resting place.

If anyone knew Emilio, was in that neighborhood on September 29, 2010, or has information that could help the investigation, please come forward.