Police: Arrest in slaying of teen at East Mount Airy playground
A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the murder of a 17-year-old boy at an East Mount Airy playground Friday night, police said.
Police: Arrest in slaying of teen at East Mount Airy playground
A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged Tuesday in the murder of a 17-year-old boy at an East Mount Airy playground Friday night, police said.
Saleem Snead is facing charges including murder, illegal gun possession, conspiracy and related offenses. He’s accused of shooting Paris Talbert, 17, of Elkins Park, to death late Friday night at Finley Playground, on Hortter Street near Lowber Avenue. It’s unclear what led to the fatal shooting.
Snead is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Sept. 26, according to court documents.
Talbert's shooting was one of six at city playgrounds in a little more than a month. On Monday night, 18-year-old Kharee Tillmon was shot to death on the playground at Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center on 22nd Street near Huntingdon in North Philadelphia. So far, there have been no arrests made or suspects identified in Tillmon's murder.
Six shootings at six different playgrounds. The obvious solution is to close these playgrounds just as the city would shut down nuisance bars.— Rick James- FROM WHAT I SEE THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE JUST A HANG OUT FOR HOODLUMS— collegestudent
- What are the odds that the killer was a college student?— 2sides2story
- He's going to vote for Romney.— sparten64
- There are thousands of kids in this city that would gladly put a bullet in someone's head over $10. That's the fundamental problem, not funding of more useless programs, not guns, not poverty, not jobs, not schools, you name it. Un-parented hatefu, neglected kids from fatherless households have the morals of a hungry tiger in the jungle. Nothing will fix the intractable systemic problems in this city until that is addressed and it isnt even discussed. We wont make any progress to solve it until it is. Have fun, it's getting worse every month.— tr88
