On the evening of April 6, 2009, 16-year-old Halim Lindsey was walking toward a friend’s house on Redfield Street in West Philadelphia shortly before 9 p.m. An assailant lying in a small alley opened fire; Lindsey was hit by about 20 bullets, staggered onto the friend’s porch, and collapsed. Emergency responders pronounced him dead about an hour later.

Lindsey was a junior at Paul Robeson High School for Human Services, an A student who sometimes started on the basketball team and enjoyed graphic design. Police reported no motive and no suspects; the neighborhood produced few witnesses. Detectives looked into a possible link to a March 27 incident in which Lindsey’s older brother, Jafar Abdul-Mumin, was a passenger in a car that was shot—Abdul-Mumin survived with leg wounds while the driver was killed. Abdul-Mumin has a significant criminal history and was uncooperative with investigators.

The family and community remain without answers. If anyone knew Halim, saw him that night, or has information about the shootings on Redfield Street or the March 27 attack, please come forward.