On the afternoon of April 11, 2019, tragedy struck in Philadelphia when 29-year-old Raymond Grimes III was fatally shot. The incident occurred around 4:50 p.m. on the 800 block of West Somerset Street in the Fairhill neighborhood. Grimes was walking to his parked car when an individual wearing black clothing and a mask began chasing him and opened fire. He was shot multiple times and rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after at 5:08 p.m.
An investigation later revealed that he had been shot fourteen times with a. 40 caliber handgun that had an extended magazine.
The investigation into the death of Raymond Grimes led to the arrest of Khalid Jackson. A key witness in the case, Hascir Walton, who was an acquaintance of both Grimes and Jackson, identified Jackson as the shooter to the Philadelphia Homicide Unit. Surveillance video from a nearby store captured the shooter using their left hand to fire the weapon.
Following his arrest, Khalid Jackson was tried and convicted of first-degree murder and related offenses for the death of Raymond Grimes. He later appealed the judgment of his sentence, but it was affirmed in a decision filed on September 13, 2022.
