Police have identified the suspected gunman in the Philadelphia mass shooting that left five men dead and two children injured as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker.
Carriker of Philadelphia was arrested shortly after the killing spree on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, police said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Five men between the ages of 15 and 59 were killed in the shooting. The fifth victim wasn’t found until four hours later when an unnamed man returned home and found his son dead in the living room, his body riddled with bullet wounds.
Police identified the five victims as Lashyd Merritt, 20; Dymir Stanton, 29; Ralph Moralis, 59; Daujan Brown, 15; Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31.
The two children who suffered gunshot wounds to their legs were not named. They were listed in stable condition. A 33-year-old female and a two-year-old male sustained injuries from shattered glass and were listed in stable condition.
The motive for the shooting is not yet known. It is not clear if any of the victims are connected or if there is any link between them and the suspect.
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