Crime Fighters: Who killed Thomas Moore Jr.?

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man out for a basketball game gets gunned down in the middle of the street.

Now, his father and friend hopes for closure as Saturday marks one year since he was killed.

"This is a really rough time for me and my family. Especially when there are no answers and we lose in this war to silence," said Thomas Moore Sr.

Thomas Moore Jr.'s death came as a shock to his loved ones.

"When I heard the news that his life had been taken-- it was a major punch to my heart. He was not the kid that I expected to get a call for that he had been murdered on the streets of Philadelphia," said Moore Jr.'s former high school basketball coach Daniel Jackson.

Moore Sr. said his son was with a friend at the gym playing basketball on Friday, December 11, 2020.

After the pair went to breakfast, they headed to Moore Jr.'s house just after 2:00 p.m. in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section.

Police released surveillance video that shows two vehicles they say are connected to the shooting.

The vehicles are a silver Toyota 4-Runner and a white Subaru Outback.

Police say the suspects in those vehicles started following Moore Jr. and his friend. When they stopped at a broken traffic light at Limekiln Pike and Middleton streets, that's when detectives say the suspects jumped out and started shooting.

Moore Jr., 28, was pronounced dead at the hospital. His friend survived, and police told Moore Sr. he's cooperating with police.

"It had to be mistaken identity. My son wasn't involved in anything. Neither was the other kid," said his father.

The City of Philadelphia is offering up to a $20,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. All you have to do is call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS.

All calls will remain anonymous.

"People got to speak up and say something. It's anonymous," he said.