A 75-year-old man is charged with murder in fatal Roxborough shooting
George Barr is accused of fatally shooting 20-year-old Salis Hanrahan at his home on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
A 75-year-old man was charged with murder and related crimes in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old contractor at his Roxborough home this week, authorities said.
George Barr of Philadelphia was arraigned early Friday morning and was being held in custody without bail.
In addition to murder, Barr was charged with possessing an instrument of a crime and reckless endangerment in connection with the Wednesday incident.
Police said that is when Barr, of the 400 block of Ripka Street, shot and killed Salis Hanrahan as the young man and a group of workers were doing construction work at Barr’s home.
Officers responded to an emergency call there around 2:20 p.m. and found Hanrahan collapsed on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said.
He was taken to Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital and pronounced dead at 2:45 p.m.
Police have not identified a motive in the shooting and continue to investigate.
Barr is being represented by a public defender and is expected to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on July 27.
