On the evening of May 16, 2023, at about 9:50 p.m., Philadelphia police answered reports of a person with a gun on the 600 block of North Preston Street in West Philadelphia. Officers found 20-year-old Kameir Scott in a vacant lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Scott was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 10:12 p.m.

As of December 2024 the investigation remained active but without any public information about suspects or motives and no arrests reported. His name was added to the Gun Memorial website, where more than 322 candles had been lit in his memory. The Philadelphia Police Department has asked the public for help and continues to list crime alerts and ongoing investigations on its online blotter, but no new developments in this case have been announced.

If anyone has information about what happened to Kameir Scott on May 16, 2023, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department.