PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia police have arrested a man in connection with a A shooting investigation left seven people injured in the Strawberry Mansion section of the city Wednesday evening.
Police announced Friday evening that 23-year-old Tyheed Harvey of East Germantown had been arrested and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and other related offenses.
According to a news release, police on Friday first located the car involved in the shooting — a 2004-2008 Acura TSX — and began inspecting the vehicle. They connected Harvey to the car after catching him getting into the car on Friday.
Police are still looking for at least two other suspects involved in the shooting.
Person of interest in North Bambrey Street shooting
The police said this on Thursday a person of interest was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.
In the shooting Wednesday on the 2800 block of North Bambrey Street, police said a car, later identified through surveillance video as a 2004-2008 Acura TSX, stopped on the block just before 6:30 p.m.
It is believed the person in question is somehow connected to the car found in East Germantown that may have been used in the shooting.
Police said three men — two dressed all in black and one dressed all in white — started shooting, hitting the seven victims.
The victims were:
- A 46-year-old woman was shot in the foot
- A 29-year-old woman was shot in the thigh
- A 23-year-old man was shot in the buttocks
- A 19-year-old man was shot in the back
- A 34-year-old woman was shot in the hand
- A 16-year-old woman with an abrasion on her abdomen and another on her thigh
- An 18-year-old woman was shot in the buttocks.
All victims were treated at Temple University Hospital except the 16-year-old, who was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Police said the victims were in stable condition.
An increased police presence was seen in the area where the mass shooting took place on Thursday. Officers handed out flyers with information to help residents report problems in the community.
