Tyrek B. Autrey, 21, a Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on the night of July 1, 2013, after a violent encounter in the Germantown section of the city. Police were called to the 4600 block of Morris Street around 10:05 p.m. for a reported shooting and found Autrey injured in the roadway. He lived on the 1000 block of West York Street, but that night he was discovered blocks away, gravely wounded and in need of emergency care.
Investigators said Autrey had been shot multiple times.
As the scene unfolded, he also appeared to have been struck by a passing vehicle after the shooting, adding another layer of trauma to the final moments before he was taken to the hospital. He was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:23 p.m., less than twenty minutes after police arrived on Morris Street.
The available reporting did not describe what led to the shooting, whether Autrey had been targeted, or whether the vehicle that struck him remained at the scene. The case was initially reported with few public details, leaving the circumstances surrounding the attack unclear beyond the fact that he had been shot several times and then apparently hit by a car while in the roadway.
No suspect information was publicly available in the reporting located immediately after the killing. The sources reviewed did not identify any arrests, named suspects, charges, trial proceedings, or convictions connected to Tyrek B. Autrey's death.
