2d gunman wanted in couple's shooting

A North Philadelphia man who was arrested in June on a robbery charge is wanted as the second gunman in the fatal shooting of an immigrant couple from Africa during a stickup at their Feltonville clothing store this month, police said yesterday.

They said that Donald Guy, 24, should be considered armed and dangerous and that he was being sought by police and federal agents.

Police have already arrested and charged Thomas Foggy, 19, with murder in the July 15 gunpoint robbery that netted $11 and a bag of T-shirts and claimed the lives of Amissi Ndikumasabo, 41, and Bintou Soumare, 45.

Ndikumasabo was killed instantly, while his wife clung to life for 13 days before dying Sunday, the day after her husband was buried in their native Mali.

Aboubacar Toure, a friend of the couple's and a member of their mosque, said yesterday that friends and relatives here gave up plans to also return Soumare's body to West Africa and buried her in Philadelphia at the request of her family in Mali.

"It is part of our religion," said Toure, referring to the Muslim tradition for a quick burial.

Chief Inspector William Colarulo, who called the crime "particularly heinous," said police had no doubt Guy was the gunman, an indication Foggy had given a statement to investigators.

Homicide Lt. Melvin Williams said the two suspects were friends from the same North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Court records show that Guy was arrested June 11 and charged with robbery and assault. He was released on $4,000 bail two days later. Details of the incident were not immediately available yesterday.

There are no court records indicating Foggy has any previous arrests as an adult.

Williams said the two panicked during the robbery and shot the victims each in the head.

Two weapons - a .32-caliber revolver and a .380-caliber pistol - have been recovered, as have the stolen T-shirts and cash, police said.

"Two people lost their lives for $11 and a bag of T-shirts," said Deputy Commissioner William Blackburn.

The couple had been together in Philadelphia for about a decade and opened their store about three years ago, moving from a T-shirt stand in Kensington.

Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or -3335.