Driver Charged With Killing Alleged Robber
POSTED: 9:04 am EDT August 4, 2006
UPDATED: 4:46 pm EDT August 4, 2006
PHILADELPHIA -- An alleged teenage robber is dead after being shot and killed on a downtown Philadelphia street.
A 70-year-old man, victim of a chain-snatching, is being charged with the teen's murder.
Homicide detectives say 19-year-old Jamil Burton was killed after being shot multiple times in the torso and the head shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday.
Fred Walz says he was sitting on his steps when he saw the teen -- first on a bicycle, then on foot -- and a man in a car chasing him the wrong way down 11th Street near Pine.
He says the driver went up on the sidewalk and hit the fleeing man, got out of the car and shot the teen.
Walsh says the driver, 70-year-old Barry Mason, was shouting that the teen stole a necklace from him.
Mason apparently had a permit
POSTED: 9:04 am EDT August 4, 2006
UPDATED: 4:46 pm EDT August 4, 2006
PHILADELPHIA -- An alleged teenage robber is dead after being shot and killed on a downtown Philadelphia street.
A 70-year-old man, victim of a chain-snatching, is being charged with the teen's murder.
Homicide detectives say 19-year-old Jamil Burton was killed after being shot multiple times in the torso and the head shortly before 2:30 a.m. Friday.
Fred Walz says he was sitting on his steps when he saw the teen -- first on a bicycle, then on foot -- and a man in a car chasing him the wrong way down 11th Street near Pine.
He says the driver went up on the sidewalk and hit the fleeing man, got out of the car and shot the teen.
Walsh says the driver, 70-year-old Barry Mason, was shouting that the teen stole a necklace from him.
Mason apparently had a permit