Police on Wednesday announced the first arrest in the shooting outside Roxborough High School that left a 14-year-old dead and four other teens injured.
In a statement, District Attorney Larry Krasner said that Philadelphia Police had arrested Yaaseen Bivins, 21, and the office had charged him with murder for his part in the shooting that killed Nicolas Elizalde and wounded four teens. Bivins was the second suspect to be identified, afterAs of Wednesday afternoon, Burney-Thorn was still at large.
Police said Bivins and Burney-Thorn participated in the shooting after a football scrimmage near the high school, but authorities have not specified either’s role. As a convicted felon, Bivins was ineligible to purchase ammunition. Bivins was taken into federal custody Oct. 6 and has been in custody since then, said Varone.The Police Department is offering a reward of $45,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction.On Sept. 27, five shooters had been waiting in a parked SUV near the high school’s football field for several minutes.
Bivins, now 21, was hit with a battery of charges, including third degree murder, for allegedly careening his SUV into Campbell at Broad and Diamond streets, while intoxicated. He retained private defense attorney David Mischak, who also recently represented accused former Philadelphia police officer Eric Ruch in his manslaughter case.
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