Toby Tyree Murphy, 33, was fatally shot on the evening of August 29, 2023, in Philadelphia’s East Germantown neighborhood. Police found him around 9 p.m. on the 200 block of East Ashmead Street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

A North Philadelphia resident, Murphy was described as engaging and family-oriented; his death prompted public expressions of grief and a viewing held September 5, 2023, at Lenwood Jones Funeral Home. No arrests have been announced and the Philadelphia Police Department is investigating. This killing was one of the city’s homicides recorded in August 2023 and has amplified local concerns about gun violence.

If anyone has information about what happened on East Ashmead Street that night, please share it with investigators.