A 14-year-old boy is now charged with murder in the death of Philadelphia parks and rec worker Tiffany Fletcher, who died caught in the crossfire outside the West Philly rec center where she worked.
“At first you know, I thought she was just getting away from hearing [gunshots], you know how people scatter,” witness Terry Allice told NBC10, “but after we got everything shut and saw her laying down, I asked her if she was OK, and she lifted up her hands. I saw the blood, so I ran, grabbed the towels, and packed the wounds.”
Four other workers were present when the gunfire erupted outside the rec center, Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell said. Fletcher only began working at the rec center this spring, heeding the call for more staffers needed to open pools during the summer, Ott Lovell said. She worked as a pool maintenance attendant and agreed to stay beyond the summer to work at the rec center located less than two blocks from where she and her family lived.
Due to Pennsylvania’s preemption law, Philadelphia is legally barred from enacting gun control measures that would impose stronger restrictions or penalties on residents than what state law enforces.city officials say they see signs that future lawsuits could be successful
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