Phila. police make arrests in two murders
Philadelphia police say they have made arrests in two homicides last weekend, and are looking for help with a third.
Philadelphia police say they have made arrests in two homicides last weekend, and are looking for help with a third.
On Friday, police arrested Jahkere Moore, 16, of Olney, and charged him as an adult with the murder of 18-year-old Hyneaf Harris. Harris was found dead in his basement early Thursday with multiple gunshot wounds to the head.
Police also arrested five people in the shooting death of Gerald Sawyer, 24, of Strawberry Mansion. He was shot in the right side of his head Friday on a playground at 29th Street and Chalmers Avenue in North Philadelphia, and pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m. at Temple University Hospital.
Police identified Harold Boyer, 24, of Mayfair, as the gunman, and charged him with murder and related offenses. Four others were charged with murder and conspiracy: Tameca Rivera-Griffin, 34, of South Philadelphia; Semaj Lemar, 19, of Bridesburg; Fatima Moses, 26, of South Philadelphia; and Wayne Brown-Griffin, 21, of North Philadelphia.
Police were also searching for information in a Sunday morning shooting that killed Bernard Ray, 39, of Southwest Philadelphia. He was found shot once in the chest, in a blue Ford Windstar on the 3700 block of Delhi Street in Hunting Park.
His car had hit three parked cars on the block, and Ray was pronounced dead on scene. No arrest had been made in the case, and no motive was specified.
Anyone with any information on the case should call 215-686-TIPS, police said. There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction in the case.
