Suspect freed on reduced bail 2 weeks before Temple grad killed while walking dog, records show
Suspect freed on reduced bail 2 weeks before Temple grad killed while walking dog
One of two suspects arrested in connection to the death of a 25-year-old Temple University graduate shot while walking his dog had been freed just two weeks earlier on bail dramatically reduced. FOX 29 s Kelly Rule has the latest.
PHILADELPHIA - A man charged with the murder of a 25-year-old Temple University graduate walking his dog in Brewerytown was released on reduced bail in two different cases about two weeks prior, according to court records and law enforcement officials.
Davis had an extensive criminal record prior to the shooting.
He was jailed for a robbery in 2019, according to court records. In January 2020, he took a plea deal that came with two years of supervised release. While Davis was in jail, he was charged with two other crimes, an old carjacking and kidnapping from 2019 and an assault on a prison guard while serving his sentence.
For the kidnapping case, Davis was held on $100,000 bail. Court records show that on more than a half dozen occasions, Davis was scheduled for a preliminary hearing but they were all continued. Some were postponed due to the pandemic while another was delayed because Davis hadn’t been taken from jail. Another was continued because the District Attorney’s Office didn’t have a witness needed for the case.
3 killed, 7 wounded in New Year s shootings across Philadelphia
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FOX 29 s Brad Sattin has more on the surge of violence in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA - The new year did not stop gun violence from raging across the city of Philadelphia as police report 10 shootings including three homicides happened in the early hours of 2021.
Police in South Philadelphia say a man was shot and killed on the 100 block of West Ritner Street just minutes after the clock struck midnight. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was struck in the thigh and died at Jefferson Hospital just before 1 a.m. The victim was later identified as Rudolph Ebinger. Homicide investigators have made an arrest, police said.