Philadelphia sanitation worker shot and killed in Mayfair

Pamela Rosenthal
The Philadelphia Police Department Homicide Unit is looking to identify the male suspect as well as a suspect vehicle, depicted in the following surveillance video excerpts, as part of an ongoing investigation into the shooting death of an on-duty city sanitation worker, that occurred on Friday, November 18th, 2022, at approximately 10:33 AM, in the 7300 block of Rowland Avenue.

PHILADELPHIA, PA –  A Philadelphia sanitation worker was shot and killed while on duty Friday morning in Northeast Philadelphia.

According to witnesses, 35-year-old Ikeem Johnson was shot and killed in a hail of gunfire while working in the Mayfair section of the city at around 10:33 am.   Investigators arrived on scene at the location in the 3300 block of Tudor Street near Rowland Avenue.

Police investigators do not know why Johnson was targeted or what led up to the shooting, but believe the shooting is an isolated incident.

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Johnson was employed by the City of Philadelphia as a sanitation worker.


The suspect is described as a black male that, at the time of the incident, was wearing a dark blue jacket over a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, and black “Jordan 11” athletic shoes with white soles. The male was also wearing a black mask.


The suspect’s vehicle is described as a 2015 to 2019 Subaru Outback, dark in color, with a roof rack, dark tinted windows and an unknown Pennsylvania license plate.

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