Saleem Lamar Hinson, a 19-year-old Black / African American male identified in contemporary reporting as a Yeadon man, was killed in Chester, Pennsylvania, in the early hours of Tuesday, May 16, 2006. His death unfolded quietly but violently in the 2900 block of West Ninth Street, where he was found lying on the front lawn of a vacant property at about 1:00 a.m. He had suffered a single gunshot wound to the head.
By the time help arrived, there was no chance to save him.
Saleem was pronounced dead at the scene. Delaware County Medical Examiner Dr. Frederic N. Hellman later determined that the gunshot wound was fatal and ruled the death a homicide. Online memorial records also list him as having been lost to gun violence that same day in Chester.
The killing became part of a grim year for Chester. Reporting from shortly after his death stated that Saleem’s homicide was Chester City’s ninth homicide of 2006, while Delaware County had recorded twelve homicides by that point. The location where he was found—a vacant property in the middle of the night—left investigators with a case that appeared to depend heavily on witnesses, tips, or information from people who may have known what happened before the shooting.
The investigation was handled by Chester detectives and Delaware County criminal investigators. Authorities publicly asked anyone with information to contact Detective Lamont Graves, Detective Charles List, or the Citizens Crime Commission homicide tip line, and callers were told they could remain anonymous. That public appeal suggests investigators were still seeking leads after the shooting and had not immediately announced a named suspect.
No online source located for this synopsis identified an arrest, a charged suspect, a trial, or a conviction in Saleem Hinson’s killing. The available public reporting describes the case as an active homicide investigation after his death, but it does not name the person or people responsible. As a result, based on the online information found, Saleem’s murder appears to have remained publicly unresolved, with the known record centered on where he was found, how he died, and the investigators’ appeal for someone to come forward.
