Timothy Artis, 23, a Black male from Philadelphia, was found wounded on Monday, March 24, 2014, on the 7300 block of Garman Street. He was in the driver's seat of a tan 2000 Nissan Maxima when Philadelphia police arrived at about 1:11 p.m. What began as a response to a shooting became a homicide investigation after officers discovered that he had been struck by several gunshots.
Artis was still alive when he was found, and he was taken from the scene to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Despite the effort to get him medical care, he died later that afternoon. He had lived on the 1500 block of South 53rd Street in Philadelphia, leaving the case rooted in the city where he resided and where his life ended abruptly inside the vehicle on Garman Street.
The available police information lists the case as unsolved. No suspect or suspects are named in the available source information, and no arrests, charges, trial details, or convictions are reported in connection with Artis's death. Philadelphia police continued to seek information from the public, asking anyone with details about the shooting to contact the department's tip line.
