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Surveillance video captures fatal shooting after argument on SEPTA bus
Video from onboard a SEPTA bus shows two men in an apparent argument that turned physical before a suspect stepped off the bus, produced a handgun, and fatally shot another man.
PHILADELPHIA - Authorities in Philadelphia are searching for a man who they say was captured on video firing deadly gunshots into a SEPTA bus following an argument.
Police shared the shocking surveillance video from the Tuesday night fight turned shooting that started aboard a SEPTA bus on the 1300 block of Snyder Avenue.
The ski mask wearing suspect, described by police as a Black man with braided hair, is seated on the bus when he approaches the victim and an argument begins.
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The argument then turns physical when the victim, identified as 37-year-old Carmelo Drayton, hits the suspect in the head and pushes him off the bus at the next stop.
The suspect then pulls out a handgun and fires several times at the victim through the open bus door, fatally striking him in the chest.
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The unknown gunman then flees to the Snyder Ave and Broad Street SEPTA Station where police say he was last seen on a southbound subway train.
Investigators say the suspect has been seen several times on SEPTA property prior to the deadly shooting. They shared several pictures in hopes of identifying him.