On the evening of December 12, 2016, 16-year-old Willingboro High School junior Ibn Perry was sitting on the front porch of his Plumtree Lane home with two other teenagers when a van pulled up and two people exited and opened fire. The shooting, about 8 p.m., left Perry with a fatal gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. A second 16-year-old was shot in the ankle and taken to hospital, while a third teen was uninjured. No weapons were recovered at the scene and the shooters fled.

Perry was described as a popular student who loved baseball and was devoted to his mother; friends said he was not involved in drama or illicit activity. The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and Willingboro Township Police investigated and a $5,000 reward was offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction, but the suspects remain at large and the motive is unknown.

Did anyone in the community know anything about who might have been responsible that night or why Perry was targeted?