{"id":98926,"date":"2023-12-30T18:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T00:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98926"},"modified":"2023-12-30T18:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T00:22:51","slug":"98926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=98926","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

WOULD-BE CARJACKER SHOT, KILLED IN APPARENT CASE OF SELF-DEFENSE<\/a><\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A man is dead after being shot multiple times in Philadelphia’s Pennsport section early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

Police responded to the 1400 block of S. Front Street around 5 a.m.<\/p>\n

When they arrived, they found a man between 18 and 22 years old with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

According to police, the deceased was one of two individuals who attempted to carjack a 38-year-old man in the former United Artist Theater parking lot.<\/p>\n

The victim pulled a weapon and shot one of the would-be carjackers in what police say looks like a case of self-defense.<\/p>\n

The shooter did remain at the scene, was briefly detained, and then later released by investigators.<\/p>\n

In a surveillance video viewed by Action News, you can see a person run from the direction of the parking lot and then collapse by a utility pole moments later.<\/p>\n

About five minutes later, someone approaches the body to seemingly check on the person.<\/p>\n

Neighbors who live nearby said they heard what sounded like gunshots during this time.<\/p>\n

The noise was so loud that Zion Aregahegn said it woke her out of her sleep.<\/p>\n

“I heard a loud boom or a bang kind of sound,” Aregahegn said. “A few seconds later, I heard someone shout. I couldn’t tell what they were saying. It was just-someone shouted.”<\/p>\n

Aregahegn said she generally felt safe in the neighborhood but had some recent concerns about activity under the I-95 overpass. She said it was a place where people often parked and used drugs.<\/p>\n

She’s called the police in the past but said she got little to no help.<\/p>\n

“A lot of people pull up under here to fix their cars and I’ve seen people passed out doing drugs under there,” Aregahegn recalled.<\/p>\n

Jordan Lewis, who lives up the street from where the incident happened, said she often passes the area on her morning run.<\/p>\n

She said she had noticed people doing drugs under the overpass but never saw or heard of any violence breaking out there.<\/p>\n

“Usually, it’s kind of quiet. I run on the trail along the water and there’s a lot of homeless people but they never really bother me or anything like that,” she said.<\/p>\n

Lewis said she always tries to be aware of her surroundings but this incident heightened her instincts to be on the lookout even more.<\/p>\n

No other details have been released at this time and police are investigating this incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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