There was a man be charged with murder Friday after shooting a man in the head as he abandoned his car at an ATM in Philadelphia, jumped in his car and drove away.
Officers responded to a shooting at Frankford and Pratt streets in the city's northeast corner just after 3 p.m. KYW-TV reported.
Police announced Sunday that 39-year-old Sherwayne Garrison has been charged with murder, KYW reported in a follow-up.
According to police, the man who was using the ATM abandoned his car, and another man jumped on it and tried to steal it. According to WPVI-TVThe 48-year-old man jumped into the car and eventually drove off with the car, but the car's owner fired one shot, hitting him in the head.
Police told WPVI that the injured man crashed his Honda into another car on Pratt Street outside the Frankford Transportation Center. Police told KYW the man who pulled the trigger added that he had a license to carry a gun.
The police homicide unit told KYW that the man who was shot was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m.
Authorities said Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority police took the man who pulled the trigger into custody, KYW added.
Police announced Sunday that 39-year-old Sherwayne Garrison has been charged with murder, KYW reported. The story after that. The agency also said the identity of the 48-year-old who died is unknown at this time.
You can view the video report here About shooting. It was broadcast before police filed murder charges.
How are people reacting?
As you might imagine, this murder charge caused a strong backlash. Below are some comments below two KYW Facebook posts regarding this situation.
- “I knew this was going to happen,” one commenter said. said. “It's sad, but he wasn't in any immediate threat and the man was running away from him. It's sad that criminals have more rights than the rest of us. Good lawyer for him. I hope there is.”
- “Stupid law… what is it? [is] The guy…was supposed to let the criminals steal his car??,” another user asked.
- “So now you can’t protect yourself or your property!” another commenter shouted. “This will open the door for criminals to do more harm to good citizens!”
- “No surprise, always defending criminals,” said another user. noticed.
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