PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police have released new photos and video of three suspects whom they say are linked to the shooting death of Sean Toomey, 15, on March 24 as he was grabbing water from his family’s vehicle.
Detectives have strung together a timeline, in which they say the suspects may have been involved in five different incidents.
Authorities said the suspects began their spree on March 23, holding a food delivery driver at gunpoint around 1 a.m. along Tackawanna Street near Cheltenham Avenue, and stealing his Toyota Corolla.
Law enforcement said that they drove that stolen vehicle to Shelmeier Street.
About ten minutes later, the suspects who are believed to be in their late teens or early 20s also tried to carjack a woman and steal her purse, and they fired a shot at her, but missed.
Police said that around 9 p.m. the next night, the trio tried to rob another woman at the Citizens Bank ATM along Frankford Ave, near Robbins, across from Chickie’s & Pete’s.
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They say one suspect had blonde highlighted hair. Another one was the alleged lookout: new pictures show him wearing all black with a design on the front and left sleeve.
The group was unsuccessful, police say, so the group went down the street near Mulberry and tried to carjack another woman with her son in the car, but she called out for her boyfriend who then scared them off.
Around the same time across the street, Toomey, 15, was grabbing bottled water from his father’s car. That’s when, officials said, he was approached by the suspects in another attempted carjacking and was fatally shot in the head and the side.
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Anyone who recognizes any of the suspects is urged to call detectives.
Information may be submitted by calling the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or calling 911, and an anonymous tip can be sent by phone or text to 215-686-8477.
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