Crime Fighters: Who killed Shaka Fleetwood?

Saturday, November 23, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are hoping a big reward will finally help catch a killer eight years following the victim's murder.

Detectives are still trying to figure out why 36-year-old Shaka Fleetwood was murdered.
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"Motive, there was no motive to determine why he was killed," explained Santo Montecalvo of the Citizens Crime Commission.

Fleetwood was found on the sidewalk outside a home along the 800 block of North 50th Street in West Philadelphia on Nov. 26, 2011.



"Information was that he was walking down the street around 1:17 a.m. and he was accosted by a couple of people and he was shot. The victim was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries," said Montecalvo.
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The city of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.



Anyone with information is asked to call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.



"If it solves the case, you get two things, you get up to $20,000 and you get a criminal off the street," Montecalvo said.
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