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Police fatally shoot man suspected of killing 3 people in Philly quadruple shooting

The shooter is believed to be a relative of the victims, according to police.

Men comfort one another at the scene of a quadruple shooting on the 6100 block of Shelbourne Street in Philadelphia early Monday.
Men comfort one another at the scene of a quadruple shooting on the 6100 block of Shelbourne Street in Philadelphia early Monday.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

Philadelphia police shot and killed the man they suspected of killing three people in a quadruple shooting inside a Crescentville home early Monday morning.

Chief Inspector Michael McCarrick said police responded to a 911 call at a home on the 6100 block of Shelbourne Street just before 5 a.m., and found a woman who was shot in the face. Inside the home, three other victims were found dead.

Police later identified the deceased victims as Denise Snead-Doram, 63, and Gregory Doram, 61, who both lived at the home, and Nina O’Brien, 42, of West Mount Airy. All three had been shot in the head and were pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

The surviving 43-year-old woman was transported to Jefferson Einstein Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.

McCarrick said a man fled the home in a blue Honda Pilot with a Pennsylvania license plate.

Police later identified the man as Jahad Snead, 41, who also lived at the home on Shelbourne Street.

Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford told reporters that police located the Honda Pilot just after 7 a.m. on Phil-Ellena Street in Mount Airy. Inside was a driver and Jahad Snead, who Stanford said fired at officers from inside the vehicle.

An officer shot back multiple times, wounding Snead.

Snead was transported to Jefferson Einstein Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 9 a.m.

Stanford said an officer was being treated for a hand injury after being struck by shattered glass.

A gun was recovered from the Honda Pilot, police said.

The driver of the vehicle was being questioned, Stanford said, though it is unclear if he is connected to the initial shooting.

“There’s a family relationship there,” Stanford said. “We just don’t know what precipitated him shooting members of his family.”

Staff photographer Alejandro A. Alvarez contributed to this report.