In the spring of 2014, a life was tragically cut short in Northeast Philadelphia. Shaquelle Abraham, a 19-year-old Black / African American male, was in his second-floor apartment on the 9400 block of Fairgreen Lane on the morning of April 7th. It was a Monday, and the day would soon take a devastating turn.
Around 10:00 a.m., the sound of a single gunshot shattered the morning's calm. Inside the apartment, Abraham was struck once in the chest.
In a harrowing turn of events, his girlfriend was also present in the residence. She hid in a closet and is believed to have been the one to make the desperate 911 call for help at 10:22 a.m., reporting that she believed someone had been shot.
When police arrived at the apartment, which Shaquelle shared with his mother and sister, they found him with a fatal wound. Despite the prompt response, he was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation began immediately, but the circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately clear. In the immediate aftermath of the tragedy, no arrests were made, and authorities did not release any information about a potential suspect or suspects. The case, filled with unanswered questions, left a family and a community searching for answers that online sources have not since provided.
