A 16-year-old Black male, William Erik Honesty II, was found dead outside Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia on the night of September 22, 2024. A passerby summoned police to the 5900 block of Stenton Avenue just after 11:30 p.m.; officers arrived to find Honesty lying outside the school with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:46 p.m. Honesty lived within walking distance of the school but was not a student there.

The initial investigation opened with no known motive and no arrests. Detectives reviewed video footage and cellphone data, and the Philadelphia Police Department offered a substantial reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Does anyone who lived in East Germantown that night have information that could help the investigation?