A night out after a youth dance program in January 2024 ended with deadly consequences for 16-year-old Tyshaun Welles. On Thursday, January 11, Welles, a sophomore at Frankford High School, was with friends at the 15th Street SEPTA station in Center City when a disturbance among a large group on the westbound Market-Frankford Line platform culminated in a single gunshot. The bullet struck Welles in the head shortly before 9:30 p.m. He was taken to Jefferson University Hospital in extremely critical condition and was later removed from life support, passing away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Authorities have said Welles was an apparent innocent bystander and not the intended target of the shooting.

In the immediate aftermath, SEPTA Transit Police arrested two teenagers, 18-year-old Quadir Humphrey and 16-year-old Zaire Wilson, on aggravated assault and related charges; witnesses described seeing Humphrey and another person on the platform before the shot. Charges against Wilson were later dropped after further review. Does anyone have information about that night at 15th Street or saw what happened on the westbound platform?