Daily News | Police arrest man accused of killing 60-year-old man during carjacking
Philadephia Police Capt. Jason Smith, head of the homicide unit, speaks Feb. 7 during a press conference on carjackings.Police on Sunday announced the arrest of a man accused of fatally shooting a 60-year-old in a carjacking while the victim was visiting his mother in Northeast Philadelphia.slaying of George Briscella
on Feb. Briscella was headed to his mother’s home on Afton Street in the Rhawnhurst section to use her printer just past 8 p.m. that day and was shot in the stomach in the driveway, according to Homicide Captain Jason Smith. When officers arrived to the scene of the shooting, they found Briscella suffering from a gunshot wounds to the stomach and back, police said. He was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead just after 9 p.m.Surveillance footage shows Briscella pulling into the driveway and, about a minute later, three other men approaching on foot, police said. Three gunshots are heard on the footage.
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