PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Amid the growing violence in Philadelphia throughout the pandemic, organizers say two gun buyback events this weekend were successful.
People turned in a total of 156 firearms Saturday, including a semi-automatic assault rifle. In return, each person received a $100 gift card to Browns ShopRite stores.
It s part of the city s yearlong 2021 No Gun Campaign organized by Philadelphia City Council, the Father s Day Rally Committee, the Philadelphia Police Department, and community leaders. That could be potential guns in the street because a lot of these guns could end up in a robbery, said Bilal Quyyum, who is the president of the Father s Day Rally Committee.
The victim was identified as 25-year-old Shaquil Mack.
A road rage incident turned deadly for a young father. Now authorities hope a big reward will bring answers to this murder.
It happened at 52nd and Warren streets in West Philadelphia around 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Police are looking for a car captured on surveillance video involved in the murder. It is a dark blue newer model Chrysler 300 last seen fleeing south on 52nd Street.
Police said the Chrysler almost collided with Mack s GMC Terrain.
They said Mack exited his vehicle and exchanged words with the driver of the Chrysler. That is when, they said, the 25-year-old was shot and killed.
Philadelphia police are investigating a double homicide in the city's Bustleton section on Friday. The incident was discovered just before 3 p.m. on the 9400 block of E. Roosevelt Blvd.