Seek for Teen in Philadelphia Ambush Zeroes in on Atlanta

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The search is specializing in the Atlanta space for a teenage suspect in a 2022 ambush that killed a 14-year-old and wounded a number of different youngsters exterior a Philadelphia highschool after a soccer scrimmage, authorities stated Monday.

U.S. marshals in Philadelphia are working with their counterparts within the Southeast and are in search of assist from the general public in gentle of “credible info” that as of November 2022, the now-17-year-old suspect was “hiding within the Atlanta, Georgia space,” a Marshals Service process drive stated in a information launch.

The reward for info resulting in the arrest of Dayron Burney-Thorn, of Philadelphia, has been elevated to $50,000, up from $45,000, based on the U.S. Marshals Japanese Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Process Power.

A judge in January ordered an grownup and three different juveniles to face trial within the capturing. All are charged as adults with homicide, aggravated assault, firearms crimes and different counts.

Authorities stated 5 folks jumped from a parked SUV and opened fireplace on teenagers who had been strolling away from an athletic subject at Roxborough Excessive Faculty in September 2022. Nicholas Elizalde, 14, of suburban Havertown, was killed, and three different teenagers had been taken to a hospital with wounds; one other was handled on the scene.

Police have stated they don’t imagine Elizalde was one of many meant targets. They stated one of many shooters chased a 17-year-old sufferer down the road, hanging him with pictures to the leg and arm, and tried to fireplace as he stood over the sufferer, however the gun both jammed or was out of bullets.

The capturing drew nationwide consideration across the U.S. amid a string of mass shootings and in addition got here simply after Philadelphia surpassed 400 homicides for the 12 months. A complete of 516 folks had been killed final 12 months within the metropolis, and the full of 562 the earlier 12 months marked the best within the metropolis in at the least six many years.

Hours earlier than the capturing, Mayor Jim Kenney, a Democrat, signed an order banning lethal weapons from indoor and outside leisure areas together with parks, basketball courts and swimming pools. A choose barred enforcement of the order after a authorized problem cited a state legislation that forestalls any metropolis or county from passing gun-control measures.

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