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Police ID man slain execution style in Phila. park

A man found killed execution style in Tacony Creek Park over the weekend has been identified at Fabian Johnson, 18.

A man found killed execution style in Tacony Creek Park over the weekend has been identified at Fabian Johnson, 18.

Johnson lived on the 4800 block of Rorer Street in Feltonville, just blocks from where a group of children found his body in the park on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Police said Johnson had been shot in the back of the head.

Investigators, who are awaiting an autopsy to determine when approximately Johnson was killed, have not disclosed if they have established a possible motive in the slaying.