Aaron Fitzpatrick, 19 of South Philadelphia, was arrested for allegedly shooting his girlfriend to death early Thursday morning because he was angry that she was pregnant with his child.
Around 2:20 a.m., police responded to a home on Mildred Street near Wolf and found Tiffany Gillespie, 24, lying on the floor in the basement, police said.
Gillespie was shot once in her head, and was pronounced dead on the scene by medics, police said.
Fitzpatrick, of 8th Street near McKean, faces charges of murder, murdering an unborn child, and weapons violations, police said.
WTF, could he not be responsible enough to just strap up?— coadyp- God Bless her and the child.
— Showtime226 - THAT'S AARON FITZPATRICK? LMFAO! Just a good ole' Irish boy.....SMH. OMG Black people.....we have to do better.— pauljack
- An Irish jig! BWWWWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! — Nighaven
- 8th and McKean is know for their large Irish Population— cmoney
- I was sure this kid would be white. Not suprised though.WHITE WOMEN, STAY WITH WHITE MEN. OR THIS WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN TO U. RIP TO HER AND THE KID.— SnookiJeff
- Oh, I don't know. One my dearest friends in the world--a white woman--is married to a black, highly-educated, very much in-demand Ph.D., and when I spoke with her just a few days ago, she was very much happy and alive, with nary a scratch on her (as was their beautiful daughter). I doubt that she would do barely half as well with the likes of you. But you can dream, can't you? — wb2nd
- Butterfinger, butterfinger, what is your name? Obviously, that should read, "One OF my dearest friends..." — wb2nd
- I should have known better, hey NBO and pauljack I thought this guy was white. Phillyman you're back at 98%.— Black Label Society
- I hope the photo satisfies the morbid curiosity of all our racist posters.— DonQ
- Rather than condemn him, how about we talk about the Bush Administration left young African-American males fearful of being hauled off to fight and die in an illegal wars so Halliburton and Big Oil could have higher stock prices? A generation of African-Americans were destroyed by the policies of the criminal Bush, who should be charged in this murder as an accessory before the fact. I am sick of people always blaming the black president because, well, he is black, rather than the true culprit, the criminal Bush.— eldiablodelsol2009
- eldiablodelsol2009, We have an all volunteer Army. No one has been hauled off to fight in Iraq or Afganistan. Don't forget that Obama has been in charge since 2009. — mikefitz
- Excellent insight! George Bush's fault. Why didn't I think of that? — retdetvet
- eldia -- You are right. Because Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Messiah Obama have done so much for black people. Please. — Lttim76(2)
- Crackbabies in action.— gordon7
Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.
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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.
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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.
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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.
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