On the night of May 26, 2024, 55-year-old Tonya Shelton was fatally shot near her home on the 2900 block of West Wishart Street in North Philadelphia. Philadelphia Police responded around 11:15 p.m. and found Shelton with a gunshot wound to the head; she was taken to Temple University Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Shelton was a long-time resident of the block, living there since the 1970s and remembered by neighbors as a social butterfly who was cherished by family and community. Her daughter, Sara Jackson, described their last conversation about Jackson’s upcoming high school graduation. Police reported the shooter approached Shelton on foot, fired at close range, and fled; an argument earlier that day outside Shelton’s home was reported but the motive remained unclear and no arrests had been announced.

Does anyone in the neighborhood remember the argument that day or have information about who might have been near West Wishart Street that night?