Police retract statement saying 4th suspect in custody for Philly mass shooting; remains at large

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The fourth suspect wanted in the Philadelphia mass shooting that injured eight teens last week at a SEPTA bus stop in the city’s Burholme section is on deadline to turn himself in Wednesday.

Philadelphia police initially said the fourth suspect had surrendered Wednesday morning but have since retracted that statement, correcting themselves to say he still remains at large.

Law enforcement gave the final suspect until Wednesday morning to turn himself in. They know who the suspect is, and say if he chooses the hard way, they’ll be releasing his name and offering a reward.

Investigators say they’ve already tried to arrest the fourth suspect, adding that they know he’s 17 years old and from the city’s Germantown section, and have been in contact with his family.

“The family is very aware that we are looking for our 4th suspect. They were somewhat cooperative. We are hopeful they do the right thing,” Robert Clark, with the U.S. Marshals Service said Tuesday.

This comes after a third suspect was taken into custody Tuesday.

According to Supervisor Deputy U.S. Marshal Rob Clark, 19-year-old Jermahd Carter was arrested around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at a family’s home on the 12000 block of Academy Road.

Carter was arrested without incident after Marshals surrounded a home on the block.

On Monday authorities announced the arrests of two other shooting suspects: 18-year-old Jamaal Tucker and 18-year-old Ahnile Buggs. Both suspects were charged with several offenses, including attempted murder, aggravated assault, weapons offenses and other charges, and are being held on more than $2 million bail.

Police say the gunfire rang out around 3 p.m. on March 6 as several Northeast High School students were waiting for the bus at Cottman and Rising Sun avenues.

The injured students range between the ages of 15 and 17. One of the victims, a 16-year-old boy, remains in critical condition after being shot nine times. Police say he was the intended target.

Surveillance video released last week shows three shooters exit a blue Hyundai and open fire.

That evening in Olney, police found two vehicles they believe were connected to the shooters, including the getaway car. Both had been stolen.

According to court records, Buggs contacted an inmate at SCI Pine Grove a day after the mass shooting to talk about another teen who had been shot to death two days earlier.

Police have said all along they are still working to see if the bus stop shooting is connected to a killing of an Imhotep Charter High School student, 17-year-old Dayemen Taylor.

Taylor was shot a week ago Monday while waiting at a SEPTA bus stop in Ogontz. Two other students and two bus passengers were also injured.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.

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