Man fatally shot in front of his Philadelphia home months ago; mother seeks answers

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A man coming home from work was gunned down on his doorstep in Philadelphia earlier this year.

His mother heard the shooting from inside the house. Now, she's hoping someone can help find her son's killer.

On February 4, Dre'Ryl Coleman was outside his home along the 6500 block of Grays Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.

Coleman's mother spoke to Action News, but asked that her face not be shown.

"He was just coming home from work. He had just dropped his co-worker off," recalled Ayanna Eberhart.

His mother says Coleman came home at approximately 12:15 a.m. She remembered because Coleman set off the camera on her front door.

"Then I heard, I heard five gunshots and I hurried up and tried to go downstairs because I was like, 'Oh my God. Oh my God, my son, my son,'" she said.

The 26-year-old was struck multiple times.

When police arrived, they transported him to the hospital where he died a short time later.

Unfortunately, the door camera didn't catch any of the shooting. His mother says police haven't been able to give her much information.

"They keep telling me it's about when he was driving home at night and they catch him with the cameras when he was driving home and it doesn't appear that he was followed," Eberhart said.

The City of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for information that leads to 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.

"If I knew why it would never satisfy me because y'all killed my son, but at least I would know what was the purpose," Eberhart said.