Bennie Bland was a 21-year-old Black man who was killed in Philadelphia on October 18, 2009. Records place the shooting on the 5400 block of Belmar Street in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia, and list his death on the same date as the assault. The available public entries preserve only the basic outline: a young man shot and recorded among Philadelphia’s 2009 homicide victims, with his name appearing on a contemporaneous list that notes age, date, and block where he was found.

If anyone knew Bennie or has information about what happened on Belmar Street that night, please share what is known.