Stefan Pierce, 35, a Black / African American male, was found shot inside the driver’s seat of a white Mazda CX-90 on the 100 block of East Courtland Street in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood on Sunday evening, September 7, 2025. Police were called to the area around 7:45–7:51 p.m.; medics pronounced him dead at the scene moments later. Initial reports indicated he had been shot once in the head and that his wounds were immediately fatal.
Authorities identified him as being originally from Orlando, Florida.
Witness information released publicly has been sparse. The location—near Front and Courtland streets—suggested the shooting occurred as he sat in the SUV, and investigators canvassed the blocks for surveillance footage and tips. The Philadelphia Police Department highlighted the case among its unsolved homicides, noting the discovery of Stefan Pierce, 35, inside the vehicle and appealing for information from anyone who may have seen or heard something in the area that night. Memorial listings subsequently noted his death by gun violence in Philadelphia on September 7, 2025.
As of early October 2025, police had not announced any arrests in the killing of Stefan Pierce, 35, and publicly available updates continued to describe the shooter only as an unknown gunman who fled before officers arrived. The case remained open on the Philadelphia Police’s Unsolved Murders site, and local coverage emphasized that detectives were still seeking leads to identify a suspect or suspects.
