PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A suspected serial killer is expected to face a jury today on four murders in Philadelphia after being convicted in Delaware nearly three years ago for two other murders and shootings. One of the victims was his own mother.
Prosecutors said a gun ties Keith Gibson to all four killings.
The slayings started in January of 2021: Eric Flores and Roy Caban were found shot execution style inside their store, Al Madinah Traders along Germantown Avenue, not far from Broad and Erie.
A month later, Keith’s mother, Christine Gibson, was fatally shot inside a community center office along Ridge Avenue. In June, Christine Lugo was working her manager shift at Dunkin Donuts in North Philadelphia when she was killed during a robbery. The incident was caught on surveillance video.
In all three shootings, prosecutors said Keith pulled the trigger.
Gibson allegedly told a friend about killing his mother for insurance money— and that friend called police with a tip about the shooter's identity, after seeing news reports and surveillance video tied to Lugo’s killing.
Keith was arrested in Delaware following another armed robbery at a Rite Aid, where he also shot a store clerk.
He is serving seven life sentences for killing two people in Delaware during robberies.
Gibson has been notoriously disruptive in court proceedings, but was ruled mentally competent for trial.
