PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A barbershop owner shot and killed a man who lived above his business in Hatboro, Montgomery County, police said.
It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday outside Razor Reese’s Salon and Spa on North York Road, near Summit Avenue.
Police said the salon owner, 41-year-old Maurice Byrd, called 911 to report that a man who lived above the salon, 37-year-old Stephen Strassburg, was harassing him. The 911 dispatcher then heard five gunshots, a pause, and two more gunshots.
Police arrived and found Strassburg in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. They found a handgun registered to Byrd, who has a permit to carry. Investigators said Strassburg did not have a weapon.
Officials said there was an ongoing dispute between the two men.
Police arrested Byrd. He is charged with first-degree murder.