Joshua Kinglee, a 27-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was shot late Thursday night, January 27, 2022, in West Philadelphia. The shooting happened on the 5600 block of Market Street, near 56th and Market Streets, in the 18th Police District. Philadelphia police responded around 11:25 p.m. and learned that Joshua had already been rushed from the scene to HUP Cedar Hospital in a private vehicle, suggesting that someone nearby tried to get him medical help before officers arrived.
After reaching HUP Cedar Hospital, Joshua was transferred to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Police and news reports described him as having been shot in the back. Despite the efforts to save him, he died from his wound on Friday, January 28, 2022. His death was later included among Philadelphia’s January 2022 homicide victims, a month in which police recorded 46 murders across the city.
At the time of his death, Joshua lived on Arch Street in Philadelphia. Public memorial and homicide-tracking sources also identify the case as a fatal shooting and list the location as the 5600 block of Market Street. Gun Memorial noted that he was lost to gun violence on January 27, 2022, and Philadelphia Obituary Project listed his death in the city’s January homicide records.
No public source located reported an arrest in Joshua Kinglee’s killing. CBS Philadelphia reported shortly after the shooting that police had not made any arrests, and the Philadelphia Police Department’s Unsolved Murders page continues to list the case as unsolved. No named suspect, suspect description, charges, trial, plea, or conviction was found in the available online sources. Police have asked anyone with information to contact the Philadelphia Police Department tip line, and the case remains presented publicly as an open homicide investigation.
