A man shot in Point Breeze has died, and police are seeking 2 female suspects
A gunman opened fire on the 35-year-old man, hitting him multiple times, police said. He later died at a hospital.
Philadelphia police are looking for two women in connection with the fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man in the city’s Point Breeze neighborhood.
Tyreece Jerry, a resident of the city’s Parkside section, was shot about 6:40 p.m. Monday at 20th and Federal Streets, when a woman opened fire, hitting him multiple times, authorities said. Police are also looking for another woman in connection with the shooting and said she fled east on the 1900 block of Manton Street.
According to police, both women are known patrons of Federal Deli, where the shooting occurred. Police warned that the women were armed and dangerous.
Jerry was taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he died Monday evening.
The Philadelphia Police Department said the Homicide Unit was investigating. Information about a motive in the shooting was not immediately available.
Staff writer Ximena Conde contributed to this article.