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A man who police suspect was driving a car that injured nine people in a shooting in Kensington fled on foot from New Jersey on Wednesday night.
Just after 9:30 p.m., Philadelphia police were looking for a dark-colored Honda Accord, made between 2003 and 2007, with aftermarket blue headlights in connection with a shooting that left 9 people dead, NBC10 reported. After police attempted to stop the car, the driver took off and drove through Philadelphia onto I-95, crossing the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge into New Jersey.
The pursuit continued along Route 73 into Evesham, New Jersey, where the driver pulled into a funeral home parking lot and took off on foot.
The man, who Evesham Township police did not identify, was arrested without incident in the incident, Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Miller wrote on Facebook. Police searched for a second suspect but were unable to locate anyone or confirm a second person was in the car, Miller wrote.
The man taken into custody is being questioned as a person of interest in the weekend shooting and the October shooting in Kensington, NBC 10 reported. As of Thursday morning, charges had not been filed and Honda was taken back to Philadelphia for evidence.
On Saturday night, shooters jumped out of their cars and opened fire on crowds on busy Kensington and Allegheny avenues, injuring nine people. The gunmen fired at least 40 times and seriously injured five of the victims.
At least two gunmen opened fire on the crowd near the entrance to the Market-Frankford line.
After reviewing surveillance footage, Philadelphia police were able to connect the Honda to Saturday’s shooting in October in the 3100 block of Kensington. A 27-year-old man was seriously injured in the shooting.
Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanor said on Monday that the nine injured – eight men and one woman aged between 23 and 40 – had been upgraded to stable condition.
Saturday’s shooting sparked an outcry from Kensington community representatives, many of whom feel the neighborhood has been left to deal with systemic problems, including one of the nation’s largest open-air drug markets and the widespread violence that accompanies it.
An Inquirer analysis found more than 300 people have been shot since 2015 — just a five-minute walk from the Kensington and Allegheny intersection where the shooting happened.
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