On January 7, 2023, at about 9:51 p.m., police responded to a shooting at Quinn’s II Irish Pub on the 5100 block of Frankford Avenue in Frankford, Philadelphia. Officers found 42-year-old Acey Reavis on the floor with multiple gunshot wounds to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A 21-year-old man was also shot in the stomach and arm and taken to Temple University Hospital in critical condition.

No arrests were announced at the time and police described the motive as unclear. The Philadelphia Police Department opened an investigation to identify those responsible.

It remains important to know who might have seen activity in and around the pub that evening or who knew the victims’ movements before the shooting; anyone with information is asked to come forward.