Gunman adopted 17-year-old strolling canine earlier than fatally capturing her in Philadelphia

A shooter adopted two folks earlier than fatally firing at a 17-year-old lady who was strolling alongside a Philadelphia avenue with a good friend and canine, video launched this week by police reveals.

Teryn Johnson was fatally shot in northeast Philadelphia shortly earlier than 9 pm. Sunday, police stated.

On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Police Division launched safety video of the capturing and the minutes main as much as it.

A suspect runs alongside a avenue previous to murdering a canine walker in Philadelphia, on Sept 11, 2022.PhiladelphiaPolice by way of YouTube

The video reveals a dark-colored Dodge Challenger parked in a visitors lane with its hazard lights on whereas Johnson and one other individual go with a canine.

The automotive turns a nook and parks for two minutes till Johnson and the good friend stroll by, the video reveals.

After they do, an individual is seen within the video working throughout the road. The individual crouches, hides behind a van and appears round, the video reveals.

Video taken from one other angle seems to point out the individual gesture to the Challenger, which pulls up alongside. The individual will get into the passenger aspect, and the car drives a brief distance earlier than the automotive involves a cease, video reveals.

An individual will get out of the passenger aspect, opens fireplace and runs again to the automotive, the video seems to point out.

Police stated the shooter fired six instances, hanging Johnson twice, NBC Philadelphia reported. She tried to run, however collapsed.

The opposite individual she was with was not bodily injured, police instructed the station.

Johnson was taken to Temple College Hospital, the place she died, police stated.

Police Inspector D F Tempo stated the sufferer and shooter didn’t seem to know one another, the station reported. A motive was not identified.

Of the greater than 1,700 victims of gun violence this 12 months, 164 — or 10% — have been youthful than 18, based on information from the Workplace of the Controller.

As of Thursday, there have been 387 homicides within the metropolis, up 3% from 376 this time final 12 months, Police Division information reveals.

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