On August 12, 2023, at about 1:53 p.m., Philadelphia Police responded to a shooting in the 5100 block of Belfield Avenue in East Germantown and found 27-year-old Raymond Scott of the Juniata Park neighborhood with a gunshot wound to the upper chest. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead at 2:25 p.m. No arrests have been announced and the Philadelphia Police Department has not released information about suspects or a motive. The case remains unsolved and investigators are asking anyone with relevant information to call 215-686-TIPS (8477).

Raymond Scott’s death came during a year that had already seen significant gun violence in the city; as of August 12, 2023, Philadelphia had recorded 258 homicides. Family, friends, and community members have mourned his loss and online memorials have appeared. Does anyone in East Germantown have information about what happened on Belfield Avenue that afternoon?