PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Two suspects are in custody in connection with the shooting death of 15-year-old Sean Toomey in northeast Philadelphia. Police have identified the suspects as 17-year-old Daniel Gardee and Saahir Teagle.
Police said Gardee turned himself in to police on Wednesday while Teagle was in custody in New Jersey. He should be extradited to Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia police will announce the charges at a later date.
The teenager was shot dead in the 6200 block of Mulberry Street in Wissinoming on the night of Thursday, March 24.
According to police, the suspects first attempted to break into the vehicle of a neighbor who had her child in the car with her.
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They were unsuccessful and at one point turned to Sean, who had just come out to get a crate of water from the family’s car.
“After he hadn’t come in for a while, I came out and saw him lying in my neighbor’s yard – moaning, moaning, really incoherent,” John Toomey said.
The 15-year-old was shot twice. The police rushed him to hospital in their patrol car and he later succumbed to his injuries.
His father remembered him as a reserved child with a passion for football and basketball.
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“He loved his computer. He loved watching the Eagles,” John Toomey said. “He knew a lot about the sport. He was a calm and kind boy. »
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