Troy DeLoatch was a 22-year-old Black man who lived on the 4100 block of Fairhill Street in Philadelphia. Around midnight on Saturday, August 30, 2008, he was outside on the 500 block of West Lycoming Street in the Hunting Park neighborhood, not far from home, when an unknown assailant shot him multiple times with a handgun. He was taken to Temple University Hospital but succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

Philadelphia Police homicide detectives opened an investigation, but in the days after the shooting no arrests had been announced and no suspects were identified. The murder of Troy DeLoatch remains unsolved.

If anyone was in the Hunting Park area that night or has information about Troy’s death, please share what you know with investigators.