Joseph Kimbrough, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in a shooting that left his family and community without answers. That evening, around 8:20 p.m., Philadelphia police officers were called to the area of the 2900 block of Cambria Street, where they found Joseph suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
The violence had unfolded in the 39th District, not far from the North Philadelphia neighborhood where he lived.
Joseph’s injuries were grave, and officers did not wait for an ambulance at the scene. They placed him into a patrol vehicle and rushed him to Temple University Hospital, trying to get him medical help as quickly as possible. Despite those efforts, Joseph died later that night from his wounds.
At the time of his death, Joseph was listed as living on the 2900 block of North Stillman Street in Philadelphia. The shooting location and his home address placed the case within a tight section of North Philadelphia, but publicly available police information does not describe what led up to the gunfire, whether Joseph was targeted, whether there was an argument, or whether witnesses came forward with a clear account of the person or people responsible.
The case remains listed by Philadelphia police as an unsolved murder. Publicly available sources do not identify any named suspect or suspects, and no arrest, charges, trial, or conviction could be confirmed from the available online information. Philadelphia police have continued to ask for help from the public, urging anyone with information, even something that may seem small, to contact investigators or submit an anonymous tip.
