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A Near-Miss in ‘Killadelphia’

Posted on | July 21, 2024 | 3 Comments

Just yesterday, I discussed “Detroit-ification,” a phrase describing the way Democrat-controlled cities become hollowed out, as everyone who can afford to live somewhere else moves away from the urban blight. And then I saw this news story from Philadelphia:

 

Authorities have identified the suspect who is accused of shooting a 7-month-old baby boy on Thursday night in Philadelphia.
Police have arrested Dominique Billips, 28, for allegedly shooting the young child on the 4000 block of Meridian Street in the city’s Holmesburg neighborhood.
Disturbing video obtained by Action News shows the gunman walking up and opening fire on a baby and his parents outside of a home.
According to police, the baby was shot in the leg by one of the bullets. When officers got to the scene, however, the parents were nowhere to be found.
“The mother and father who had initially gone to the hospital left the location because of fear from police because of outstanding warrants,” Rosenbaum explained.
Later, officials were able to bring the parents in for questioning and were told about an argument that took place on the 7900 block of Frankford Avenue before the shooting.
There, police said they were able to get a better visual of their suspect with business surveillance video.
According to police, it appears the argument stems from a $100 narcotics debt.
“One of the detectives from a different squad had recognized one of the females involved from another shooting where she was the victim in 2022. It happened on the 4200 block of Rhawn Street in August of 2022,” Rosenbaum explained.
Philadelphia police said they received a tip providing the name of the offender, who also matched the name of the shooting victim the detective thought it was.
Highway patrol was able to assist police in locating the vehicle also seen on surveillance video, which was known to be used by Billips.

Did you get all that? The parents of the baby apparently owed $100 for “narcotics,” a debt which Billips apparently intended to collect. Also, the parents had outstanding warrants, while Billips had been the victim of a shooting two years ago. Probably in your neighborhood, such incidents are rare, but in the Holmesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia?

You don’t want to be anywhere near that neighborhood. Did I mention that Joe Biden got 81% of the vote in Philadelphia?



 

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