Man slain outside daycare, gunman nabbed
A gunman ambushed a father outside a daycare on a busy Cedarbrook commercial strip this morning and shot him dead just after the man's girlfriend took their preschooler inside.
Man slain outside daycare, gunman nabbed
A gunman ambushed a father outside a daycare on a busy Cedarbrook commercial strip this morning and shot him dead just after the man's girlfriend took their preschooler inside.
The victim, a man in his early 20s whose name police haven't yet released, died about 9:15 a.m. at Albert Einstein Medical Center, about a half hour after the shooting outside the Agape Christian Childcare & Development Center on Wadsworth Avenue near Cedarbrook.
The gunman fled on foot, but police apprehended him several blocks away. His name hasn't yet been released.
A nurse who drove by seconds after the shooting stopped to try to save the gunshot victim. When she approached the bullet-riddled aqua sedan, she said, the man's girlfriend was inside cradling his body and sobbing hysterically, she said.
Investigators have not determined the gunman's motive.
UPDATE, 2:50 p.m.: Homicide investigators have released a man they took into custody this morning as the suspected killer, saying he was not involved in this slaying. They now have no suspects nor motive. They urged witnesses or anyone who knows anything about this incident to call homicide detectives at (215) 686-3334 or -3335.
UPDATE, 3:25 p.m.: Police have just released the victim's name: Epharant Epperson, 25, of Oreland, Montgomery County. A passer-by at the crime scene who asked to remain anonymous said Epperson was known as “E” and had done odd jobs, such as moving furniture, in the area.
Philly.com has a problem. You let all these racist hatefilled rants from these no life psychos come thru but block any sane rational comments. There is something definitely wrong with this sleazy practice. If this comment gets thru today I'd like to remind these quick to draw the racist conclusion no lifes, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY! A man's life was taken and all you can do is blame ALL the young black men. You don't even know half of the young black men out their, especially those who ARE doing and living right. GET A LIFE, computer cowards!!!!!!!— cakelady
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- CleanupPhilly I must commend you first for your command of the facts. Now why don't you start posting under your real name and push WHYY12 and the Annenberg center for more big community meetings like the old Citizens Voices project. It seems that the establishment knows you and I don't totally agree with everything you say. But you put in a lot of effort posting info. Citizen Voices was a success though after the 1999 election there was a revolt by the surviving participants. We can beat up on City council since the Mayors race is over already.— JoseDeLeon
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This is gonna happen every day come spring. Keep your heads low, people of color...— Cliff- Amazingly, the racist on the board fail to notice a fact that they posted. 36 out of 100,000. Any murder is a horrible event, however 36 out of 100,000 black males still leaves 99,964 black men that are not shooting each other. No, ignoring the problem is not a viable option, but we do not need you true raciast idots commentary. Reading some of the comments you people post makes me look at my white coworkers and wonder what they really think of me.— daphillytarheel
