Julius Pickett, 24, was killed in Philadelphia on September 1, 2007. His death was one of 389 homicides recorded in the city that year, a period marked by elevated gun violence and a sharp rise in killings of young adults.

More than 60% of Philadelphia’s 2007 homicide victims were aged 18 to 34, a demographic that included Pickett. The city’s violence that year disproportionately affected young African-American males in neighborhoods with limited economic opportunities, and Pickett’s death is part of that broader pattern.

Anyone with information about Julius Pickett or the circumstances of his death is asked to come forward.