Man killed in shooting on SEPTA train in North Philadelphia
The alleged shooter turned himself in and said he fired in self-defense, police said.
A man was killed in a shooting on a SEPTA Broad Street Line train Friday night in North Philadelphia, and the suspected shooter turned himself in and said he fired in self-defense, police said.
The shooting occurred shortly before 7:40 p.m. on a northbound train, which was stopped at the Girard Avenue Station when police arrived.
The victim, described as possibly in his late teens, was transported by police to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:09 p.m.
A man in his 20s approached police outside the station and said he shot the other man in self-defense after being assaulted, police said.
Inspector D.F. Pace said security video appeared to confirm the version of events told to police by the alleged shooter, who had a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm.
Pace said the video showed the man who was shot had been “pacing up and down the rail car when it appeared, without provocation whatsoever, [he] began to strike the man who ultimately fired the weapon.”
Police reviewed earlier video and did not see any indication of a prior altercation or motive for the alleged attack on the shooter.
The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office will decide if any charges are filed, Pace said, but police were “investigating this as a case of an individual that was attempting to save himself from further serious bodily injury.”
The gunman was expected to be taken to a hospital for treatment, Pace said.
Police found three spent shell casings inside the train car and a trail of blood.
No other injuries were reported.
Staff photographer Elizabeth Robertson contributed to this article.