On April 16, 2023, at about 12:28 p.m., Philadelphia Police responded to a reported shooting on the 6400 block of Lawndale Street in the Lawndale section. Officers found 24-year-old Taj Sledge outside his residence with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead that afternoon.

Neighbors described the block as normally quiet and said the killing shocked the community. One neighbor, Larry Coffie, who had known Sledge for about five years and said Sledge attended school with his child, expressed how deeply the death would affect his family. No weapons were recovered at the scene and no arrests have been announced. The Philadelphia Police Department is actively investigating and asking anyone with information to call 215-686-TIPS (8477).

Did anyone in Lawndale on April 16 see or hear anything that could help identify who shot Taj Sledge?