A man is found shot to death in the street Edward Abu, a 54-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was found wounded in the early morning darkness of Saturday, August 22, 2015, after gunfire erupted on the 2000 block of South 60th Street. At about 3:53 a.m., Philadelphia Police officers arrived and found him lying in the street, unresponsive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was still alive when officers and emergency responders reached him, and he was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition.
For nearly three weeks, Edward remained hospitalized as doctors tried to save him. The shooting had left him gravely injured, and despite those efforts, he died from his wounds on Friday, September 11, 2015. Records tied to the case list him as a resident of the 6600 block of Guyer Street in Philadelphia, placing him only a few miles from where he was shot.
The case remains listed as unsolved by Philadelphia police. The available source information does not identify a named suspect or suspects, and it does not report any arrests, charges, trials, or convictions connected to Edward Abu's killing. Investigators have continued to ask the public for information, emphasizing that even a small detail could help move the case forward. Anyone with information has been directed to contact the Philadelphia Police Department tip line.
