Dyia Alexis, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on Monday, July 7, 2014, in the 1600 block of North Wilton Street. That night, at about 10:13 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers were called to the block and found him inside a 2000 Mazda MPV minivan. He had been shot multiple times.
The shooting left Dyia critically wounded, and he was taken from the scene to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Despite being transported for emergency care, he died later that night.
Records connected to the case list him as a resident of the 200 block of North Wanamaker Street in Philadelphia.
Publicly available police information describes the case as still open. No suspect has been publicly identified in the official case information reviewed, and no arrest, criminal charges, trial, or conviction were reported in the available online records. Investigators continued to ask for help from the public, indicating that even a small detail from someone who saw or heard something on North Wilton Street that night could assist the homicide investigation.
