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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A fishy has been arrested successful the deadly shooting adjacent Roxborough High School, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said.
Yaaseen Bivins, 21, is charged with execution and 4 counts of aggravated battle for the gunfire precocious past month.
Yaaseen Bivins
"We judge helium was a subordinate successful the murder. He's 1 of the six you've seen leap retired of the truck," said Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore with Philadelphia police.
That shooting killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde of Havertown, Pa. and near 4 different teenagers wounded.
Police person said Elizalde is not believed to person been 1 of the intended targets.
According to police, a receipt for ammunition was recovered successful the Ford Escape utilized successful the shooting that connected Bivins to the gunfire.
"There was really a sanction connected the receipt, truthful truly it wasn't that hard to fig out," said Vanore.
At the clip of the shooting, Bivins was awaiting sentencing successful what authorities said was an illegal thoroughfare contention successful North Philadelphia successful July 2020 that ended erstwhile his SUV rear-ended different conveyance and past struck a large pistillate sitting connected a wall, sidesplitting her babe and critically injuring her.
In August, a justice convicted Bivins of aggravated battle by conveyance aft causing the decease of an unborn kid during a crash. He was qaquitted of third-degree execution and conspiracy charges successful the case.
Charges have besides been approved for 16-year-old Dayron Burney-Thorn.
He remains astatine large.
Dayron Burney-Thorn
Vanore said they are adjacent to making much arrests.
"We're coming for you. If you crook yourself in, things won't extremity the mode they ended this greeting and that's what we're trying to avoid," Vanore said. He was referring to an incidental Wednesday greeting where 3 SWAT officers were changeable portion serving a warrant successful North Philadelphia. The fishy was killed successful that case.
Police have besides released surveillance video of suspects successful this shooting.
"Philadelphia constabulary and our partners successful instrumentality enforcement proceed to tirelessly analyse this incident, and we inquire for the public's assistance successful identifying the remaining suspects involved," District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday.
The fatal shooting happened connected September 27 astir 4:30 p.m. connected the 4700 artifact of Pechin Street conscionable arsenic a inferior varsity shot scrimmage ended betwixt 3 schools: Roxborough High School, Northeast High School and Boys Latin Charter School.
Elizalde was a freshman astatine Saul High School but played shot for Roxborough.
Police were besides seeking a sixth idiosyncratic who remained successful the vehicle. They said 1 of the shooters chased a 17-year-old unfortunate down the street, striking him with shots to the limb and arm, and tried to occurrence arsenic helium stood implicit the unfortunate but the weapon either jammed oregon was retired of bullets.
Police accidental the suspects waited for six minutes earlier jumping retired of the SUV and firing much than 60 shots.
A $45,000 reward has been offered for accusation starring to an apprehension oregon conviction.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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