REVEALED: Gunman behind July 4 Philly bloodbath that left five dead is firearm-obsessed computer nerd who had 'aggressive approach to some things in life'
Police have identified the suspected gunman in the Philadelphia mass shooting that left five men dead and two children injured as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker.
Carriker of Philadelphia was arrested shortly after the killing spree on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, police said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Five men between the ages of 15 and 59 were killed in the shooting. The fifth victim wasn't found until four hours later when an unnamed man returned home and found his son dead in the living room, his body riddled with bullet wounds.
Police identified the five victims as Lashyd Merritt, 20; Dymir Stanton, 29; Ralph Moralis, 59; Daujan Brown, 15; Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31.
The two children who suffered gunshot wounds to their legs were not named. They were listed in stable condition. A 33-year-old female and a two-year-old male sustained injuries from shattered glass and were listed in stable condition.
The motive for the shooting is not yet known. It is not clear if any of the victims are connected or if there is any link between them and the suspect.
Families had been enjoying the festivities in the neighborhood when the gunman wearing a bullet proof vest wielding an AR-style rifle and handgun opened fire on his unsuspecting victims.
A mother and daughter who lived with Carriker on the 5600 block of Belmar Terrace back in 2021 were shocked to find out he was named as a suspect in the massacre.
Tina Rosette, 49, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Carriker was 'really smart, intelligent, creative,' and loved working on computer programs.
Rosette added that she while she had never seen Carriker with a gun, she admitted that he had 'an aggressive approach to some things in life.'
She recalled that Carriker sometimes taught people how to fight in self-defense, but she claimed he did not give them much direction about how or when to stop.
But Rosette's 24-year-old daughter Cianni said that she had seen Carriker's handgun and that he was 'trying to get me comfortable around guns and stuff like that.'
Philadelphia police were dispatched to 56th Street and Chester Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Monday night where they found several victims.
Security camera video viewed later shows the shooter walking down the street calmly while firing at people before responding officers chased the suspect as he continued to fire.
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said at a news conference overnight that she did not know if the suspect was firing from his rifle or handgun at the time he was chased by cops, but confirmed he was 'actively shooting'.
The officers then heard multiple gunshots further up the street on Kingsessing Avenue where they found 'multiple casings'. The cops advanced further down the street before hearing more gunshots in the area of 1800 block of Frazier Street.
Officers were then able to apprehend the suspect in the rear alley of 1600 block of Frazier street and found he was armed with the rifle, handgun, multiple magazines and a police scanner. The police did not fire any shots themselves.
'Thank God our officers responded as quickly as they did. I can't even describe the level of bravery and courage that was shown,' Outlaw said.
Outlaw said at a news conference that all of the victims of the mass shooting were male, including the two-year-old and the 13-year-old. A mass shooting is defined by the FBI as an incident in which at least four people are murdered with a gun.
The total number of victims increased overnight and police said a fifth male victim was found four hours after the shooting when a man returned home and found his 31-year-old son dead in the living room with multiple gunshots wounds.
'We believe because of where he was found and where his house is on 56th Street, and the fact that we found ballistic evidence that matches the ballistic evidence we found on the street a few hours earlier, we believe this homicide is related,' Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
Tim Eads said that Monday night he heard fireworks, then gunshots, and saw police cars 'flying by.' His wife was on the second floor 'looking out the bay window and saw the shooter actually coming down this street here behind me.'
Eads saw the other man with a pistol who, he said, may have been firing at the shooter.
'He was using my car as a shield shooting out into the street,' Eads said.
A resident named Roger who declined to give his last name said he and his family were eating in the living room at about 8:30 p.m. when they heard eight to 10 gunshots.
'Everybody thought it was fireworks but ... been around here about three years so I heard it enough,' he said. 'I looked out the window and seen a bunch of people running.'
He said he heard about four more shots and 'thought it was the end of it.'
Ten minutes later, he said, police came 'flying down here,' and about five minutes later he heard rapid gunfire open up right outside the house.
The Philadelphia violence is the country's 29th mass killing in 2023, the highest on record by this time in the year. And the Kingsessing neighborhood is becoming more and more dangerous, locals say.
The numbers people killed in such events is also the highest by this time in the year.
There have been more than 550 mass killings since 2006, according to the database, in which at least 2,900 people have died and at least 2,000 people have been hurt.
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