Woman wanted in connection with East Mount Airy shooting that critically injured man, police say

Vanessa Graystone
Vanessa Graystone Photo credit Philadelphia Police Department

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police are looking for a woman who investigators believe is connected with a shooting that left a man in critical condition on Monday in East Mount Airy.

Officials said 20-year-old Vanessa Graystone is a suspect in the shooting of a 29-year-old man.

Just before 5 p.m. on Monday, responding officers found a man in an alleyway near East Johnson Street and Mansfield Avenue with a gunshot wound to the back. They took him to a nearby hospital, where he was placed in critical condition.

Authorities said Graystone’s last known residence was blocks from where the shooting occurred.

Police said she is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 215-686-8270. Tips can also be made anonymously by calling or texting 215-686-8477.

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