Fifteen-year-old Neko Rivera was fatally shot on March 13, 2023, in Philadelphia’s Crescentville neighborhood. Officers found Rivera on the 6100 block of Algon Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds to his torso, arms, and legs; he was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center and pronounced dead at 12:41 p.m. Rivera had left Kensington High School early and was visiting a friend near the shooting site.

Surveillance footage shows Rivera being chased by at least three individuals through the Oxford Village housing complex before he was struck about ten times. Investigators recovered three different sets of ballistics at the scene, consistent with multiple shooters. Samuel Fels High School was placed on lockdown earlier that day after a disturbance involving people attempting to enter the building; police are investigating whether that incident is related.

As of December 2023 no arrests had been announced. The Philadelphia Police Department released surveillance footage of one shooter and is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Rivera’s mother, Esther Kim, has urged anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about Rivera, the chase through Oxford Village, or the individuals seen on the footage?