Police identify victims of three fatal shootings
Cops on Monday released the names of three men shot to death in separate incidents Thursday and Friday in Philadelphia.
Police identify victims of three fatal shootings
Cops on Monday released the names of three men shot to death in separate incidents Thursday and Friday in Philadelphia.
Killed by a shotgun blast to the face at point-blank range while sitting in a Nissan sedan in West Philly’s Mill Creek section on Thursday night was 33-year-old Rahspe Athy, who lived on Hoopes Street near 50th a few blocks from where he died, police said.
Investigators determined that an argument led to that shooting, but no arrests have been made.
Also slain Thursday night in a separate shooting, this time in Frankford on Kinsey Street near Tackawanna, was 20-year-old Wali Patrick, of the same block. Police said they’re unsure what motivated that killing, but that officers arrested a man on gun charges shortly afterward. No charges have been filed in the murder yet.
Murdered in a double shooting in East Mount Airy Friday night was 23-year-old Nafis Armstead. Police said Armstead and a 26-year-old man were each shot several times on Sharpnack Street near Musgrave Friday night by three men who then fled the scene in a van. Armstead, of Hortter Street off Germantown Avenue about a block and a half from the shooting scene, died at Albert Einstein Medical Center. The second victim of that shooting remains in critical condition.
Police have one suspect in custody and found two guns believed to be used in the shooting, in addition to the van they believe was used as a getaway vehicle, but no murder charges have been filed.
That's right dog. This is how we do!— The Usual Suspects- This comment has been deleted.— CornerPretzelGuy
- What are you talking about they "identified" the victims id say promotions are at hand. — GuardianAngels25
- "Little Mexico" is alive and well.— dogman5
- Aint nobody seen nuffin'— audrina
- I hope they don't pass the voting Id law cause I'd hate to lose these votes.— Deaweeave
- Rahspe, Wali, and Nafis......we hardly knew you.— Wilhelm Von Humboldt
- And the herd thins...— Npinto
- What about the parents that have to bury their children?— knicknasty
- yeah, the parents. what a joke. are you for real?— The Usual Suspects
- We are completely desensitized to violence and murder. Let us end the "War on Drugs" already. Legalize and treat the illness. Save our brown children and stop a great deal of bloodshed from Juarez Mexico to Philadelphia, PA.— FreddyNits
- All the Shooting that goes on in America and we send people to the Olympic Games to shoot in competition and they end up coming in behind the Chinese Team. I don't understand how America doesn't win every gold medal in Shooting the Olympic could think of hosting.— Dexter
- I love these headlines.Philly cops are so inept that just when they identify a victim,just when they go in there wallet and look at their license its a big accomplishment.
They are the biggest bumbling stooges keystone cops if it were'nt so serious it could be a comedy.— GuardianAngels25 - Actually, identifying them is an accomplishment. The so called "victims" rarely carry ID and also go under numerous aliases, with numerous residences. Cops literally show up to a dead John Doe and a community which looks the other way and contributes nothing to the case. Police have to wait for the coroner to get fingerprints and/or dental records, then sort through the numerous aliases to find out their true identity.— LeavePhillyNow
- just love those 3 names— RichH
