Rasheed Chiverton, a 43-year-old male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was shot in broad daylight on April 19, 2023, on the 2900 block of North Stillman Street in North Philadelphia. Police said the shooting happened around 8:07 a.m., a time when the neighborhood would have already been awake and moving through the morning. When officers arrived, they found Chiverton suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, including wounds to his neck, back, and lower body.
Emergency responders rushed
Chiverton to Temple University Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. He did not die immediately from the shooting. Instead, he remained hospitalized for nearly two weeks, reportedly in a coma, as his family waited through the uncertainty of whether he would survive. On May 1, 2023, Chiverton succumbed to his injuries, turning the shooting investigation into a homicide case.
Public reporting on the case described the attack as a daytime shooting, but authorities did not release a motive. No weapon was recovered, and police did not announce any arrests in the immediate aftermath. The available online reports do not identify any suspect or suspects, and there is no public information indicating that anyone has been charged, tried, or convicted in connection with Chiverton’s death.
Chiverton’s death carried another layer of heartbreak for his family. Local memorial reporting noted that he had already endured the loss of his son, Messiah Chiverton, who was also killed by gun violence in 2017. After Rasheed died, he was buried near his son, linking two generations of the same family through separate acts of violence. The public details of his case remain limited, but the available accounts portray his killing as another unresolved Philadelphia shooting in which a man was critically wounded on a city block, fought for his life in the hospital, and died before police publicly named anyone responsible.
