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Tahiem Weeks-Cook
Age : 22
Gender : Male
Race : Black
Date : 08/08/2023
Location : 1700 block of West Venango Street
City : Philadelphia
County : Philadelphia
State : Pennsylvania
Agency : FBI
Officer(s) :Unknown
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by FBI
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 08/04/2023, FBI agents executed federal arrest and search warrants at a residence on the 1700 block of West Venango Street in Philadelphia's Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood. The warrants were part of a federal investigation into a series of armed 7-Eleven robberies in the Philadelphia region. During the attempted arrest, an FBI agent shot 22-year-old Tahiem Weeks-Cook.
Weeks-Cook was transported to Temple University Hospital in critical condition. He remained hospitalized for two days before dying from his injuries on 08/06/2023. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner later ruled the death a homicide caused by gunshot wounds.
Court records and surveillance video later reviewed by news organizations showed FBI SWAT agents surrounding the residence and pursuing Weeks-Cook immediately before the shooting. The FBI stated only that agents were serving federal warrants and that an agent discharged a firearm during the operation. The bureau did not publicly identify the agent who fired or release body-camera footage. The FBI Inspection Division opened the mandatory internal investigation into the shooting.
Public reporting reviewed through August 2026 did not identify any criminal charges against the FBI agent, any public determination by federal prosecutors regarding the use of force, or any publicly reported civil wrongful-death settlement involving Weeks-Cook's family. The identity of the agent who fired has not been released.
