Khalif Frezghi was a 17-year-old from East Mount Airy who was weeks away from graduating from Mastery Charter School Pickett Campus. Described by his mother as a good kid who liked basketball and mentored by the nonprofit We Heard You, his family planned his funeral for what would have been his 18th birthday.

On the afternoon of April 28, 2023, two groups of young men met inside a house on the 5900 block of Palmetto Street in Lawncrest for what investigators believe was a transaction involving firearms. Around 3:30 p.m. gunfire erupted. Khalif was found on the front porch and pronounced dead at the scene along with 17-year-old Malik Ballard and 14-year-old Salah Fleming; a fourth victim, 16, survived with a gunshot wound to the stomach. Police located a crashed black Ford Edge SUV nearby; two teens, 15 and 16, were taken into custody and charged with firearms violations and related offenses.

In the days after the shooting police named cousins 22-year-old Tyree Lennon and 15-year-old Taj Lennon as persons of interest; Tyree Lennon was arrested on July 6, 2023. Investigators later sought 23-year-old Kevin Yip and 18-year-old Kyzir Reeves. As of July 2023 one suspect was in custody and three remained at large and were considered armed and dangerous.

If anyone has information about Khalif or the people still being sought, please contact the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or call 911.