Fugitive arrested in 2022 murder of Philadelphia Parks & Recreation employee: police
PHILADELPHIA - A new development has been made in the 2022 murder of 40-year-old Philadelphia Parks and Recreation employee, Tiffany Fletcher.
On Thursday, police arrested the last teen wanted for the murder.
The backstory:
On September 9, 2022, at around 1:30 p.m. a group of males were arguing when a shootout occurred at the Mill Creek Recreation Center located on the 4700 block of Brown Street.
Tiffany Fletcher, 40, was preparing to welcome students to the rec center after school when she got stuck in the crossfire.
A detective later recovered a 9mm ghost gun loaded with one round in the chamber and one round in the magazine from a trash can on Perry Street, according to officials.
DA: 14-year-old charged in connection with fatal shooting of Philadelphia Parks and Rec employee
Officials say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in connection to the fatal shooting of Tiffany Fletcher, a Philadelphia Parks and Recreation employee who was shot outside of the Mill Creek Recreation Center after being caught in the crossfire of a shooting between the teen and at least one other person.
At the time, police arrested a 14-year-old identified as Mackie Jones and two weeks later, they arrested then-16-year-old Malik Flegler.
Both were charged with murder and related offenses.
What we know:
After further investigation, police developed information on another shooter who was 16 years old at the time.
"We were able to develop enough probable cause to get an arrest warrant for this individual. He remained a fugitive all that time," said Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore.
On Thursay, April 10, just after midnight, police in Lower Potts Grove Township stopped the now, 19-year-old who was identified as te fugitive wanted by Philly police.
He was taken to the Homicide Division where he will be processed for murder.
"So we believe in that case, everybody involved in that case that we know of is in custody," said Vanore.
Dig deeper:
Philadelphia recreation center renamed in honor of slain Parks & Rec employee Tiffany Fletcher
The Mill Creek Recration Center in Philadelphia was renamed in honor of Tiffany Fletcher, a Parks & Recreation employee who was fatally shot near the facility in September. FOX 29's Karen Hepp has the details.
The Mill Creek Rec Center was renamed the Tiffany Fletcher Rec Center to remember the slain Parks and Rec worker.
The Source: The information in this story is from Philadelphia police.