On parole for murder, he's accused of murder again
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Philadelphia man already on parole for murder who is believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a patron outside of an Upper Darby bar early yesterday morning, police said.
On parole for murder, he's accused of murder again
Stephanie Farr
An arrest warrant has been issued for a Philadelphia man already on parole for murder who is believed to be responsible for the shooting death of a patron outside of an Upper Darby bar early yesterday morning, police said.
Upper Darby Police believe John Gordon, 37, of Bellford Street near Buist Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia, shot and killed Randy Campbell, 23, outside of the Venue bar on Garrett Road around 2:40 a.m. after the two got in to a fight in the bathroom of the establishment, police said.
Gordon is on state parole until 2029 for a 1992 robbery and murder, police said. The exact circumstances of that case were not immediately clear.
Witnesses who were outside of the Venue bar Monday said before Gordon fired 13 bullets at the crowd he told them: "You need to get out of here, it's about to be a f***ing crime scene," according to court documents.
Upper Darby Police Superintedent Michael Chitwood said police have not recovered a murder weapon and Gordon is believed to still be armed with a .40 caliber semi-automatic gun.
"He's armed, he's dangerous, he's been convicted of murder," Chitwood said. "Guys like him shouldn't be out on the street. This is what they are capable of doing - blowing people away."
Gordon is described as 6-feet-3 and 240 pounds. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call Upper Darby detectives at 610-734-7677.
On parole for murder and armed? Don't we have laws making it illegal for a convict to buy a gun? Shows you how much good these laws do.— DonQ- lets just parole all the murderers , send them all to upper darby, then build a huge wall around the place. let them kill each other off— Ryan
Pathetic! Law and order is only a rumor here. What judge let this guy loose?— Henry Howard Earl of Surrey- whatever jackal let this crook out is equally as guilty for the second murder. common sense tells you not to let a murderer out once you've got them. then again the legal system doesn't have or use common sense. the victim's family should sue the idiots responsible for letting this trash out of prison.— etbarksdale
more reason to use the death penalty— PAEnglish
Comment removed.- I wonder how many murder convictions must an individual accumulate before the parole board decides he is a danger to society and should be kept in prison. Two? Three? Half a dozen?— DonQ
- Psst...Stephenie Farr, Zane Memeger (our new Fed Attorney General) Oh, Mr Chief Jutice of the State Supreme Court and you Mr. FBI "Special Agent in Charge" for Kiladelphia (Ha! Ha! Ha!)and let's not forget our two "Pulitzer" Investigative Reporters (Ruderman and Laker)...how's the book tour going ladies? Pull out your notebooks girls...let's review some of the bidding...K? Remember Cain...who blasted poor Philadelphia Police Sergeant Liczbinski apart with an AK rifle? His State Parole Max Date was 2052!!! Daniel Giddings...who stood over poor Sgt. McDonald and fired 8-9 additional .45 cal rounds into the Hero COP when he was down and out (to include one through his badge)...Giddings was Kicked out of two prisons, did over 500 days in the "Hole" and was declared a threat to the security of the prison...BY THE PRISON/DOC STAFF!!! They recommended him for Parole (he was too dangerous to keep in prison after all) and our Parole Board said...OK :-) Hey, would one of you guys wake up "Freakles" and our (one term/reform)Mayor)... we'll be burrying another good "Kiladelphia" COP soon! Oh... and would the last "Tax Paying Citizen" escaping "Kiladelphia"...please turn out the lights? :-)— John Law
