Said Butler, 18, killed in Strawberry Mansion just as he was set to begin his first job

The 1900 block of North 31st Street, in North Philadelphia, where 18-year-old Said Butler Jr. was shot and killed early Tuesday. Read more Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer

by Ellie Rushing Published Sept. 30, 2025, 4:14 p.m. ET

Even as Philadelphia is on track to record the fewest homicides in half a century , shootings continue to devastate families in pockets of the city that have long been beset by violence.

Kingsessing . Kensington . Cobbs Creek.

And overnight Tuesday in Strawberry Mansion , when 18-year-old Said Butler Jr. was shot and killed just days before he was expected to start his first job.

Butler was on the 1900 block of North 31st Street in Strawberry Mansion shortly after midnight when at least two people approached him and shot him multiple times