Daily News | Man killed in South Philly trying to stop a carjacking, police say
Police officers on the scene of a fatal car jacking attempt shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday night near 11th and Porter Streets.A Philadelphia man is dead after police say he tried to stop two men from stealing his car Wednesday night.
Police said the victim, a 50-year-old man, was attempting to prevent a friend who was using his car from being carjacked around 10:45 p.m. in South Philly’s Lower Moyamensing neighborhood. “Preliminary information appears that the motive for this homicide began with a carjacking of a female, and when the owner intervened, he was shot and killed,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small told reporters Wednesday night.
The incident occurred on Porter Street near South 12th Street. Small said the man was pronounced dead at the scene, and the shot that killed him was fired at close range.No arrests have been made. Small said there were numerous surveillance cameras along the block that could help identify the suspects.
Small said the two suspects were last seen in a small, red SUV — possibly a Kia Soul — which was going east on Porter Street.
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