On Thursday afternoon, June 22, 2023, a shooting on the 700 block of East Locust Avenue in Philadelphia left three people dead. Officers responding to a 2:04 p.m. call found Riley Darden, a 47-year-old Black man, and two others — 12-year-old Laron Williams and 30-year-old Khalif Chamber — with multiple gunshot wounds. All three were transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where they later died.

The case remains an active, unsolved triple homicide. Detectives are asking the public for any information that could identify or lead to the arrest of those responsible. If anyone has details about the shooting or saw suspicious activity on East Locust Avenue that afternoon, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department.