PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police are trying to identify a suspect who they say started a fire at a home in West Philadelphia that killed a person inside.
It happened around 4 a.m. on Nov. 12, 2024 at a home on the corner of 61st and Master streets in the city's Carroll Park neighborhood.
In video released by police, a person is seen carrying a clear container filled with a yellowish-brown liquid across a yard. A few moments later, the porch goes up in flames.
Police say a bed-ridden resident of the home was killed. They are investigating the fire as a homicide by arson.
As with any homicide, the city is offering a $20,000 dollar reward for information that leads to and arrest and conviction.