Police ID 3 weekend slaying victims
A biker from Virginia was among three men killed in Philadelphia over the weekend in separate shootings, police said. LaBrian Dale-Parker, 34, was fatally wounded about 6:15 p.m. Sunday when gunfire erupted inside the Tangeray Tavern, 900 Pratt St., in the Summerdale section, where a gathering of Wheels of Soul members was underway. Three other men were wounded, two critically.
A biker from Virginia was among three men killed in Philadelphia over the weekend in separate shootings, police said.
LaBrian Dale-Parker, 34, was fatally wounded about 6:15 p.m. Sunday when gunfire erupted inside the Tangeray Tavern, 900 Pratt St., in the Summerdale section, where a gathering of Wheels of Soul members was underway. Three other men were wounded, two critically.
Dale-Parker, of Fredericksburg, Va., was wearing a Wheels of Soul jacket, police said.
The shooting remains under investigation and no arrests have been reported.
On Saturday afternoon, police found Benjamin Sheppard, 41, shot multiple times inside a Chevrolet Impala on the 4000 block of Cheltenham Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.
Sheppard, who lived on the block, was pronounced dead a short time later at Aria-Torresdale Hospital.
Police have not reported a possible motive in the slaying.
A motive also has not been reported in the shooting Friday night of Aaron Walker, 34, in the 2600 block of North 7th Street in North Philadelphia.
Walker, of the 7300 block of Palmetto Street, in Northeast Philadelphia, had been shot multiple times and died a short time later at Temple University Hospital, police said.
The slayings brought to 185 the number of homicides so far this year in Philadelphia, compared to 178 last year.
