Police released new surveillance video of two men and a woman who are wanted in connection to the shooting of a Philadelphia cab driver.
On Feb. 6 around 3:15 a.m., the three suspects were captured on surveillance video exiting the Broad Street subway at Tasker and Morris streets. Once they were outside, they waved down a taxi cab driven by 38-year-old Alex Destin, police said.
Destin told police he picked up the three suspects at the corner of Broad and Wharton streets. One man got in the front passenger seat while the second man and the woman sat in the back. They then asked him to take them to 28th and Tasker streets, according to investigators.
While he was driving them to their destination, two of the passengers pointed guns at Destin and demanded money, police said.
"The guy pointed a gun in my face, told me 'don't move' and he shot me," Destin said.
Destin told police both men fired a shot at him, striking him once in the right shoulder. Destin then sped off. Surveillance video from a nearby deli captured Destin's cab speeding through a stop sign at 24th and Morris moments before crashing into parked cars.
The suspect who was in the front passenger seat fled. Meanwhile, the man and woman in the back seat were trapped and kicked the doors and windows, screaming to be let out as Destin flagged down a police officer. Before the officer arrived however, an unidentified passerby opened the cab door, setting the second man and the woman free, according to police.
Bonnie, a local block captain whose car was struck by the cab, told NBC10 she confronted the second man and woman after they got out.
"The girl, she was trying to hide," Bonnie said. "The guy was like, 'yeah, he hit your car and he hit them on purpose.' And I was like, 'so where are you going? You're a witness.'"
Surveillance video from the deli also shows a man waiting on two others at Morris and 24th five minutes after the cab crashed and two minutes before police arrived at the scene. All three people in the surveillance video match the descriptions of the robbery suspects.
Destin, who has a wife and four children, was taken to Presbyterian Hospital where he was treated for his injuries. He was released from the hospital on Feb. 9 and went home to continue his recovery. He still had blood on his shoes, stitches above his eye and a bullet lodged in his arm at the time of his release.
"Thanks to God he's still alive," said Destin's sister-in-law Ginia. "But he's in pain but he's alive."
Police continue to search for all three suspects. The first suspect is described as a 20-year-old man with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a gray coat with a red shirt underneath, blue jeans and black and white sneakers. He was also carrying a backpack.
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The second suspect is described as a thin, 20-year-old man standing between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-5. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt and black pants. He was also carrying a backpack.
The third suspect is described as a stocky, 20-year-old woman standing 5-foot-1 with long, wavy hair. She was last seen wearing a gray coat, dark-colored pants and dark-colored shoes. She was carrying a tote bag.
If you have any information on their whereabouts, please call Philadelphia Police or 911.
