On January 21, 2024, at about 8:08 p.m., Philadelphia police responded to a shooting at an apartment building on the 200 block of Locust Street and found 31-year-old Omar Littlejohn in a hallway with multiple gunshot wounds. Littlejohn was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances that led to the shooting have not been disclosed, and no information about suspects or arrests has been released; the investigation is ongoing.

Littlejohn is listed by the Philadelphia Obituary Project among the city’s victims of violence; his death was one of 24 homicides recorded in Philadelphia that January. Community members and organizations have called for more action to address the city’s gun violence. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.