Andrew Jackson, age 24, was killed in Philadelphia in the early hours of Saturday, January 10, 2015. He lived on the 2800 block of North Warnock Street, but his life ended across the city in Southwest Philadelphia, where police were called to the 1900 block of South 56th Street at about 12:35 a.m.
When Philadelphia Police officers arrived, they learned that Philadelphia Fire Department medics had Andrew in the rear of their vehicle.
He had been shot, and despite the presence of emergency responders, there was no time left to save him. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The public account of Andrew’s death is brief, but it leaves a painful picture: a young person found mortally wounded in the middle of the night, his final moments unfolding not in a hospital room but at the scene of violence. A family reflection described him as strong, generous, funny, and devoted to holding his family together. He was remembered as a family man and a father of four.
No suspect has been publicly identified in the information available from law enforcement, and no arrest, charge, trial, or conviction was listed in connection with Andrew Jackson’s killing. His case remains classified as unsolved, with investigators continuing to ask anyone with information to contact Philadelphia Police.
