Philadelphia

Point Breeze Man Faces Murder Charges in SUV Shooting

A 26-year-old man has been charged with shooting another man inside an SUV in South Philadelphia last week, police said.

Tysheed Davis, 26, is charged with murder, aggravated assault and related offenses for the shooting death of 26-year-old Jessie Williams.

Williams was found shot inside his 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee along the 2000 block of Wharton Street in the Point Breeze section around 4:20 p.m. Friday, police said. Another man inside the SUV was hurt when the truck crashed into two parked cars following the shooting.

Williams was taken Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where died, police said.

Detectives later determined Davis was also in the SUV and got into a shoot-out with Williams while in the vehicle, police said.

Davis suffered a gun shot wound to the finger and was treated at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

A motive for the shooting was not released.

Tysheed Davis mugshot
Philadelphia Police
Tysheed Davis, 26, is charged with Murder and related offenses in the shooting death of 26-year-old Jessie Williams, police said.
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