The five people killed in Monday’s mass shooting in Southwest Philadelphia ranged in age from 15 to 59. Two children were injured.
Dymir Stanton, 29, of the 1700 block of South Frazier Street.Ralph Moralis, 59, of the 1700 block of South 56th Street.Shortly before 8:30 p.m., police responded to gunfire in the area of South 56th Street and Chester Avenue, said Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw. About 10 minutes later, with police following the suspect as he continued to fire a gun, he was cornered several blocks away in an alleyway on the 1600 block of South Frazier Street, she said.
Still, she said Carriker did have “an aggressive approach to some things in life.” One example: She said he sometimes taught young people how to fight, purportedly in self-defense, but didn’t give them much direction about how or when to stop. But unlike her mother, Cianni Rosette said Carriker did show her a handgun several times. “He was trying to get me comfortable around guns and stuff like that,” she said.
At one point, she said, Carriker told her he wanted to start a romantic relationship with her, and that he was “pushy” about it.Tina Rosette and her daughter moved out about a year ago, and she said she believed Carriker had been in “a dark place” recently, though she wasn’t sure why.The Philadelphia violence is the country’s 29th mass killing in 2023, according to a
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