2 wanted in connection with deadly birthday party shooting in Nicetown

Lawrence Coleman (left) and Virgil Williams (right)
Lawrence Coleman (left) and Virgil Williams (right) Photo credit Philadelphia Police Department

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Police are searching for two more suspects wanted in connection with a birthday party shooting over the weekend that killed two men and injured a woman and child in Nicetown.

It happened on the 1900 block of West Hunting Park Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Saturday.  Detectives say an argument broke out during the outdoor party and someone opened fire, killing a 26-year-old man and wounding a woman in the arm.

After hearing the gunshots, police say 20-year-old Lonzell McDaniel came out of a house and fired down the street. That’s how the second man was killed and the 7-year-old was grazed in the head.

McDaniel is charged with murder. Police are now looking for 25-year-old Lawrence Coleman and 29-year-old Virgil Williams.

Coleman is described as about 5-foot-9 with black hair and brown eyes — Williams, about 6-foot-4 with black hair and brown eyes.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call 911.

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