Shykeem Leslie, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was killed on August 18, 2010, in the city where he lived. Online homicide listings place his death on the same date as the assault and identify the location as the 3200 block of North 27th Street in Philadelphia. A separate biographical record lists him as Shykeem M. Leslie, born June 1, 1986, and dying at age 24 on August 18, 2010.
The public record of his case is sparse, but what is available points to a sudden and violent death during a year when Philadelphia recorded hundreds of homicides. Leslie’s name appears among the city’s 2010 homicide victims, listed between other victims killed in mid-August of that year. The available sources do not describe the circumstances leading up to the attack, whether he was targeted, whether there was an argument, robbery, or another motive, or whether witnesses came forward. The details that remain publicly visible are limited to his identity, age, date of death, and the block where he was found or killed.
The case is listed in an online Philadelphia murder database as open with no arrest. No suspect name is identified in the accessible online sources reviewed, and no public information was found naming anyone charged in connection with Leslie’s death. Because the case is described as open and no arrest is listed, there are also no available details showing that anyone was tried, convicted, sentenced, or punished for his killing.
As it stands publicly, Shykeem Leslie’s death remains one of Philadelphia’s unresolved 2010 homicides. The online record leaves behind the outline of a young man’s life cut short on North 27th Street, but it does not provide the answers that would explain who killed him or why.
