PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man has been charged in a stabbing rampage along a Philadelphia street in which police said he randomly attacked people at a cellphone store and inside a car and then killed a man at a mechanic shop.
The death was one of six killings on a violent Tuesday in the city.
Police said the man entered a Cricket Wireless store in west Philadelphia and stabbed a man in the chest who was paying his bill, then climbed into a car and stabbed the driver in each hand before heading to a nearby mechanic and stabbing 30-year-old Nathan Ackison in the chest as he was watching repairs on his car. Ackson was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital minutes later. The two other victims drove themselves to a hospital and were in stable condition.
Ronald Stanley, 55, was charged Wednesday with murder, criminal homicide, aggravated and simple assault and related offenses. Police said the weapon was found on Stanley at the time of his arrest. Court documents don’t list an attorney who could respond to the charges and a listed number for the defendant couldn’t be found Wednesday.
“They’re clearly unprovoked attacks at this point,” Philadelphia Police Lieutenant John Walker told WCAU-TV about the stabbing attacks. “We’re not sure what the motivation is behind this male.”
A few hours later after the stabbing rampage, investigators say gunfire broke out in a south Philadelphia neighborhood, killing 21-year-old Demetrius Pinckney and critically injuring a 20-year-old man. Police said their initial investigation indicated an argument or disturbance broke out involving “numerous dirt bikes and quads chasing each other” followed by several gunshots.
Pinckney was the younger brother of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters, who left the team to be with family.
Over the next several hours in Philadelphia, police said, four more men were killed in four separate shootings.
No arrests have been reported in any of the shootings. All of the killings happened in different neighborhoods, and police aren’t saying whether any of them are connected.
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And this is only this part of philly, there are more, just not reported. We are so busy trying to put each other down, that trump people will have no problem in putting us back like it was in 1960. That is why they are running to the polls and pushing the button next to his name. Most of us will be doing the same things we are doing now, destroying each other on 1Nov!
1960 the majority of black mothers were married, we had high moral values and respect, even with segregation we still better educated our children and we didn’t kill each other like we do,, there are some aspects of 1960 I would not mind seeing again
Served
The blackboys have little to say about situations like this, they only get mad when a white cop shoots a thug(Michael Brown) who attacks him!
Yep.
Black and Proud, but were are the Black Lives Matter People!!! Just saying..
Philraq
African American’s need to stop wasting bullets shooting and killing each other!
So sad-killing folks who LOOK JUST LIKE YOU!
Wake the f–k up and start stock-piling weapons like Trump supporters are doing in preparation for the Apocalypse!!!!!!!!!!!
Linda Blacks have stock piled weapons that’s why Philly another city with heightened gun restrictions the body count still rises, Ms. Clinton how did you say you would stop the violence if elected?