Thomas Williams, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on January 14, 2009, in North Philadelphia. Online homicide listings identify him as the seventh recorded homicide victim in Philadelphia that year and place the fatal assault and his death on the same date, with the location listed as the 2400 block of North Myrtlewood Street.
The publicly available details describe a sudden, violent death on a residential block, with Williams found shot to death in the area.
The neighborhood around North Myrtlewood Street was part of the city’s broader pattern of gun violence at the start of 2009, and his case appears in homicide records without the kind of extended public reporting that sometimes follows cases with immediate arrests, named suspects, or court proceedings.
No publicly available online reporting located for this synopsis identified a suspect, motive, arrest, charges, trial, conviction, or sentencing connected to Thomas Williams’ death. The available records indicate that his killing was treated as a homicide, but they do not provide a clear account of who shot him, why he was targeted, whether witnesses came forward, or whether investigators ever developed enough evidence to charge anyone.
What remains from the online record is a brief but stark outline: Thomas Williams was alive at the beginning of January 14, 2009, and by the end of that day he had become one of Philadelphia’s early homicide victims of the year. His name, age, date of death, and the North Myrtlewood Street location are preserved in public homicide listings, while the questions most important to his family and community—who was responsible and whether anyone was ever held accountable—remain unanswered in the sources found.
