PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Police released the name of a suspect seen on surveillance footage last month running up behind an elderly man and fatally shooting him in the head steps away from his home in Juniata.
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Authorities are searching for 24-year-old Wagner Tejeda-Pena, who is believed to be the man who killed 77-year-old Loi Nguyen on June 21 around 5:30 a.m., as he was returning from a morning walk.
It happened in an alleyway near L and East Bristol streets.
Police say Tejeda-Pena is also wanted for an aggravated assault that happened shortly beforehand and several blocks away. Officials say he pulled a gun on two people and tried to discharge it, but the gun malfunctioned. They got in a physical fight, and Tejeda-Pena fled.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911. Tips can be submitted via call or text at 215-686-8477, or sent anonymously online.