Lawrence Coleman

Lawrence Coleman, a 27-year-old Black man, was a resident of North Philadelphia, living on the 1000 block of West Schiller Street.

On the night of Tuesday, January 12, 2010, Coleman was in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood. He was sitting inside a gold Ford Windstar minivan shortly before midnight when an unknown person approached the vehicle. The gunman then fired 15 shots into Coleman.

Coleman was rushed to Temple University Hospital for treatment of his wounds. Despite medical efforts, he was pronounced dead at 12:21 a.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010.

Philadelphia police investigators immediately began looking into the fatal shooting. In the days that followed, police said they had not yet determined a motive for the violent attack. No suspects were publicly identified, and no arrests were announced. As of January 2010, the investigation was ongoing. The murder of Lawrence Coleman remains unsolved.