On the morning of September 7, 2023, 21-year-old Masir Williams was working for the Philadelphia Streets Department in the Grays Ferry neighborhood. Around 8:45 a.m., he and two colleagues were on the 2300 block of Oakford Street when Williams went into a corner store to buy water. An argument inside the store escalated, and as he tried to flee he was shot twice in the back. Philadelphia Police found Williams lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and pronounced dead that morning.

Williams had been employed by the Streets Department for six months. The next day police identified 22-year-old Senaaj Jackson as a suspect and issued a warrant. U.S. Marshals located Jackson at a North Philadelphia residence and on October 11, 2023 he was taken into custody without incident on the 2400 block of Arlington Street; he was processed by the Philadelphia Homicide Detective Division and the case is pending trial.

Does anyone in the Grays Ferry area have information about the shooting or the confrontation that led to it?