Wyanya Archer was 17 and weeks away from graduating high school when he was shot and killed on March 11, 2010, in the Feltonville neighborhood of Philadelphia. An honor roll student who played football, baseball and ran track, he had plans to work as a welder and buy his first car after graduation. That Thursday evening, about 8:30 p.m., Wyanya was with friends on the 4600 block of Hurley Street. After taking a phone call and saying he would meet a girl around the corner, he walked off the steps and was chased by someone who emerged from a van and opened fire, according to accounts from his friends and family. He collapsed in the street after being shot multiple times in the back and later died at a hospital.

The only publicly reported suspect detail linked the shooting to a light-colored minivan, possibly white or silver. The family believed people close to the situation knew more than they were saying, and a $3,000 reward was offered in the months after the killing to encourage information leading to an arrest and conviction. Anyone with information about who murdered Wyanya Archer is asked to contact investigators.