Suspect in Norristown Murder Caught on Victim’s iPhone Captured in Bucks County - NBC 10 Philadelphia

More than a week aft a murder victim's cellphone recorded video of his killing, investigators said they tracked down his suspected killer.

An apprehension warrant was issued connected Wednesday, Nov. 23, for Eugene "Roc" Ware successful the Nov. 21 sidesplitting of Tyrone Guy on the 900 artifact of West Main Street successful Norristown, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office and Norristown constabulary said successful a associated quality release.

On Wednesday, Nov. 30, Montgomery County DA Kevin Steele, joined Bucks County DA Matt Weintraub and Norristown Police Chief Derrick Wood successful announcing Ware's apprehension aft a little standoff astatine a location successful Sellersville. Schools successful the country were temporarily enactment connected "a protective lockdown," Steele said successful a quality release.

“We are pleased that this unsafe transgression who changeable and killed a antheral walking down the thoroughfare is present down bars,” Steele said.

Guy was changeable aggregate times the nighttime of Nov. 21, constabulary said. He was rushed to a infirmary successful Philadelphia wherever helium died aboriginal the adjacent morning. He was 35.

Before helium was shot, Guy deed play connected his iPhone, which was 1 of 3 recovered astatine the scene, constabulary said.

"The iPhone was actively video signaling erstwhile officers recovered it," the DA's office's merchandise said. "They stopped the signaling and preserved the cellphone."

Detectives aboriginal reviewed the video that shows a confrontation betwixt Guy and different man, who investigators aboriginal determined to beryllium Ware, a 41-year-old Philadelphia resident.

"Ware appears to beryllium concealing thing down his back, and aft exchanging words with the victim, helium swings astatine the cellphone knocking it to the ground,' the DA's bureau said. "Then gunshots tin beryllium heard successful the video."

The shooter seen successful the video wore a achromatic wintertime overgarment with "a distinctive red-and-white logo connected the front" that matches a covering marque Ware sells done societal media. The idiosyncratic seen connected video besides has tattoos that lucifer Ware's ink.

A Norristown detective said the antheral successful the video appeared to beryllium Ware, who has had erstwhile interaction with constabulary successful Norristown, according to a constabulary complaint. Ware is presently connected parole for erstwhile firearms violations and not allowed to person a gun.

Ware was charged with first-degree execution and weapons charges, investigators said. Online tribunal records don't database an lawyer who could remark connected his behalf.