S. Phila. man fatally shot in daylight while sitting in car

A 20-year-old man was fatally shot in broad daylight yesterday in Point Breeze.

Homicide Lt. Philip Riehl said Jamar Williams was sitting inside a white van on Dickinson Street near Capitol at 2:47 p.m. when he was shot in the back and abdomen.

Williams, of Stanley Street near Dickinson, got out the van and collapsed. He died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 3:30 p.m.

Witnesses said they had not gotten a look at the driver of the vehicle, and it's unknown what motivated the shooting, Riehl said.

According to court records, Williams was arrested on charges that included criminal attempt murder, aggravated assault and weapons violations last December. The charges were later withdrawn. Williams also had a prior drug arrest.

Investigators are asking anyone with information to call homicide detectives at 215-686-3334, -3335 or -3336.

In an attempt to quell violence in Point Breeze and to keep younger people out of harm's way, the city opened the Dixon Curfew Center at 20th and Mifflin streets in July 2006.

The center made an immediate impact in juvenile-involved shootings, but police say gun violence remains a problem in the area.

On Nov. 9, three people were shot at 19th and Sigel streets. *