On the night of November 20, 2009, Walter T. Champion III, age 30 and described as White, was shot inside an apartment on the unit block of South 3rd Street in Philadelphia. Police arrived after a call at approximately 9:38 p.m. and found Champion with a gunshot wound. He was taken to Jefferson Hospital but died of his injuries the next morning, November 21, 2009.

The motive for the shooting is unknown and the case is unsolved. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced. Champion was a son, a father to two children, Sarah Elizabeth and Walter IV, and a brother; family and friends remembered him as someone who could put others at ease and would give anyone the shirt off his back.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or knew Walter, please contact the Philadelphia Police Department with tips.