Joshua Sutton was 18 when he was fatally shot in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood of Philadelphia on November 2, 2008. The shooting happened around 9:00 p.m. on the 3100 block of Oakdale Street. He suffered gunshot wounds to the head, chest, and back and was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:26 p.m. that evening.

The killing occurred during a violent weekend that included multiple homicides across the city, and remains one of many unsolved slayings affecting young people at that time. No suspects have been publicly identified and the Philadelphia Police Department is asking for the public’s help. If anyone has information about Joshua’s death or saw activity on Oakdale Street that night, please come forward.