Robert Canada, a 32-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was found wounded on Wednesday, February 12, 2014, after violence reached him inside a gray Chrysler Pacifica on the 500 block of North 55th Street. At about 10:29 a.m., Philadelphia Police officers responded to that block and discovered Canada inside the vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
He lived nearby on the 5400 block of Spruce Street, placing the scene only a short distance from his home in West Philadelphia.
Canada was still alive when officers found him, and he was taken from the scene to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Despite the emergency response and hospital care, he died later that same night. The available police account does not describe what led up to the shooting, who may have been with him, whether the vehicle belonged to him, or whether witnesses came forward immediately after the gunfire.
The case has remained listed by Philadelphia Police as an unsolved murder. Publicly available case information does not identify any suspect or suspects, and no arrest has been reported in connection with Canada’s killing. Because no suspect appears to have been charged, there are no available details showing a trial, conviction, sentencing, or punishment in the case.
Philadelphia Police have continued to ask the public for information, directing anyone with knowledge of Robert Canada’s death to contact the department’s tip line. As reflected in the available online records, his case remains open, with the central unanswered question still being who shot him inside that gray Chrysler Pacifica and why.
