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18-year-old shot, killed in East Lansdowne

An 18-year-old senior at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne was shot and killed Tuesday during a fight in East Lansdowne, police said.

An 18-year-old senior at Penn Wood High School in Lansdowne was shot and killed Tuesday during a fight in East Lansdowne, police said.

Tristin A. Fisher, 18, of Northeast Philadelphia, was arrested in the slaying of Muhamed Kamara of Darby Borough, police said.

The fight was with a man Fisher identified as his cousin, police said. Fisher told police that as Kamara turned toward him, he shot Kamara twice, police said. The shooting occurred at about 4 p.m. in the unit block of Lexington Avenue.

Fisher is being held without bail at the Delaware County prison.