Sterling Green was 33 and from Chester, Pennsylvania, when he was shot dead in Philadelphia on the evening of Wednesday, September 5, 2007. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Residence Inn by Marriott in the 4600 block of Island Avenue near Philadelphia International Airport. Police say multiple gunshots were heard at about 8:57 p.m.; Green was found with several gunshot wounds and taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 9:33 p.m.

Homicide detectives investigated but reported no arrests and no publicly identified motive. The case remains unsolved and Green’s name appears among Philadelphia’s unsolved homicide victims. Few details about the shooting or any suspects have been released.

If anyone knew Sterling Green or has information about that night in the Island Avenue parking lot, please come forward to help the family find answers.