Anwar Dempsey, a 39-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on Monday, August 4, 2014, in a shooting on the 5200 block of Delancey Street. The violence unfolded in the late afternoon, around 4:09 p.m., when Philadelphia Police officers were called to the block and found him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting left him critically injured, and officers did not wait for an ambulance; they placed him into a patrol vehicle and rushed him to the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania in an effort to save his life.
Despite being transported quickly for emergency medical care, Dempsey was pronounced dead by medical personnel after arriving at the hospital. At the time of his death, he was listed as a resident of the 5400 block of Euclid Street in Philadelphia, only a short distance from where the shooting took place. The available police case information identifies the incident as a homicide handled under Philadelphia Police Department case number DC# 14-18-046594.
Publicly available case listings describe Dempsey’s killing as unsolved. No suspect has been publicly identified in the sources reviewed, and no arrest has been reported. The case remains listed as open with no arrest, meaning investigators have not publicly announced charges, a trial, or a conviction connected to his death.
The Philadelphia Police Department has continued to ask for help from the public, emphasizing that even a small detail from someone in the community could help bring answers. As of the available online case information, Dempsey’s family and community were still left without a named suspect or a clear public explanation for why he was shot on Delancey Street that afternoon.
