Police said Monday they have not found a connection between the suspected shooter and victim Joseph Wamah Jr. Authorities believe the gunman fatally shot Wamah in the early hours of July 2 and then killed four others around 44 hours later.
FILE - This July 29, 2012, photo provided by Terrance Harden shows Joseph Wamah Jr. Philadelphia authorities investigating a 2023 Fourth of July holiday shooting spree that left five people dead now say the gunman killed Wamah Jr. almost two full days before the mass shooting.
Wamah was killed in a row house on South 56th Street, but Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Monday that officers were dispatched several miles away to North 56th Street instead. Upon not finding any evidence of a shooting there, Outlaw said the officers asked dispatch to call back the 911 caller. She declined to discuss details of that follow-up call.
“I caution individuals to go down that rabbit hole. We can coulda, shoulda, woulda all day ... That doesn’t make anyone feel better,” Outlaw said. “It’s tragic, it’s unfortunate. We don’t like the fact that we are adding to the atrocities that occurred,” she added. “Oftentimes you are not calling about yourself ... so they end up inputting the reported information instead,” she said.
Vanore said it appeared the same weapon was used in the attacks. He had previously said both the AR-15-style weapon and a handgun found on Carriker after the shootings were self-manufactured weapons also known as ghost guns. Police called to the Kingsessing neighborhood on July 3 around 8:30 p.m. found gunshot victims and started to help them before hearing more shots. Some officers rushed victims to hospitals while others ran toward the gunfire.
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