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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Alleged Pathmark shooter caught

Jermaine Goodman, who was wanted for shooting an unarmed Pathmark security guard on March 22, was captured last night in South Philadelphia by the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force.  Tips led investigators to a rowhouse on Christian Street near 16th, where they found Goodman – who turned 30 yesterday – hiding on the third floor, said Lt. John Walker of Southwest Detectives. After a brief struggle, he was arrested and charged with attempted murder and related offenses. Walker said surveillance footage had shown Goodman, who also goes by the name Zahid Abdul-Muqeet, stealing cologne and dental floss from a Wynnefield Heights Pathmark last Sunday. He then shot the 44-year-old guard twice during a confrontation, Walker said. The guard is now recovering at home.

Posted by David Gambacorta @ 1:21 AM  Permalink | 9 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:45 AM, 03/28/2009
    Shocking!
    — NJA Jr.
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:19 AM, 03/28/2009
    way to hide muqeet.
    — danny ozark
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:11 PM, 03/28/2009
    Where exactly was Goodman/Abdul-Muqeet caught? What was the link between him and this row house? That's a nice neighborhood anymore, so if there is an element that needs some attention, I think the neighbors have a right to know.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:15 PM, 03/28/2009
    What shocks me in Philly is how many of the recent high-profile shooters have a prominent "raisin" in their mug shots -- a mark from devout prostration five times a day as a committed Muslim. It's a fair question to ask why a fundamentalist extremist Christian will have his belief system examined, his church, his following, his ideas, by the press, but a fundamentalist Muslim is a no-go. Maybe this is the conversation Eric Holder is inviting us to have -- stop having one type of religious extremist who commits violence be off-limits when for other types of religious extremists the press has no problem examining the religio-political ideology in print. Come on folks, equal means equal.
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:17 PM, 03/28/2009
    Why not ask where this guy is a member of the mosque or masjid? Who is his religious advisor, and does this institution have a history of, or currently, advocate the use of violence against non-believers?
    — CleanupPhilly
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:49 PM, 03/28/2009
    wasn't "muqeet" one of the names of the guys on the guys on "the little rascals" oh-tay
    — danny ozark
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:26 AM, 03/29/2009
    I wonder if he's responsible for the robberies in the area in the past month. I really want to know about that house and the people harboring him. We need charges to be brought against those people too.
    — Tatts
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:16 AM, 03/31/2009
    Steal the white mans' poisons :(
    — objectivechristian
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:32 AM, 03/31/2009
    In case you were all wondering...of course...this stone thug is yet another State Parole Offender...from Chester. Don't be suprised that he likes to commit his crimes in Philly. The next Newsworthy State Parolee Murder Victim should be announced within the next few weeks. No reason the pattern should change. We are a City...a people betrayed by our own Mayor, City Council, State Legislature and Attorney General. Encourage the victims and destroyed families to sue the State... call the FBI and ask them to investigate "The Rendell Murders". It's up to each of us to make those phone calls.
    — John Law


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