Alberto Bague, a 29-year-old Hispanic male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was killed in the early morning hours of April 6, 2010, in the Kensington section of the city. Around 12:15 a.m., the night on F and Thayer Streets turned violent when a man on a bicycle approached Bague near the 600 block of East Thayer Street. Witnesses told police the cyclist came up to him, fired at least one shot, and then rode away, disappearing from the scene before officers could catch him.
Bague was
struck in the chest. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The attack appeared sudden and brief, with the shooter using the bicycle to get close and then escape quickly. Public reports did not describe a confrontation, argument, robbery, or known motive before the shooting, leaving the circumstances around why Bague was targeted unclear.
The suspect was publicly described only as a man riding a bicycle, and no name was released in the available reporting. Police said at the time that the killer remained on the loose. Later public homicide records continued to list the case as open with no arrest, and no available online source reports any suspect being charged, tried, or convicted in Bague's death.
