BREAKING UPDATE: Police have identified and charged a man in connection to a deadly road rage shooting in South Philly.
Derek Escribano, 22, is charged with 3rd degree murder in connection to the shooting death of 42-year-old Darren Whitfield.
Law enforcement sources told NBC10 the ordeal began with a fender bender involving two vehicles. Video shows the two cars involved speeding the wrong way down the 2000 block of Mercy Street shortly before 11 a.m. on Monday. Police said Escribano and Whitfield then got out of the cars and confronted each other on the sidewalk.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.A man was shot and killed during an apparent road rage incident in South Philadelphia on Monday. NBC10 obtained surveillance video showing a car pursuing another car on a narrow street moments before the shots were fired.
Tom Carman, a neighbor, told NBC10 he then saw Whitfield, who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Man dead after short police chase in south Houston, officials sayA one-minute police chase early Tuesday in south Houston ended with one person dead after a green Mercedes flipped and its driver was ejected, officials said.
Read more »
Top chef Nicholas Elmi reopens, rebrands Laurel restaurant in South Philadelphia'This new concept is to have an atmosphere that's fun, and lively and jovial,' the chef said.
Read more »
2 men shot in South PhiladelphiaPolice said the shooting happened at 7th and Jackson streets.
Read more »