UPDATE: Police have identified the suspect and announced the charges against him. New details HERE.
Surveillance video obtained by NBC10 captured part of an apparent road rage shooting that left a 42-year-old man dead on a South Philadelphia street late Monday morning.
On Tuesday, police said 42-year-old Darren Whitfield, of South Philadelphia, was shot multiple times in the incident.
Officials said a 22-year-old man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the shooting.
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Law enforcement sources told NBC10 the ordeal began with a fender bender involving two vehicles. Video shows the two cars involved speeding the wrong way down the 2000 block of Mercy Street shortly before 11 a.m.
Two people then got out of the cars and confronted each other on the sidewalk.
Gunshots are then heard.
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Tom Carman, a neighbor, told NBC10 he then saw Whitfield, who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body.
“I looked across the street and I saw the gentleman that was shot,” Carman said. “He was bleeding out on the street.”
Carman, along with other residents, tried to help Whitfield until police arrived.
“I tried to give some comfort to this man in this moment but it was bad from the moment I looked outside,” he said.
Responding police officers took Whitfield to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:23 a.m.
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Witnesses said the shooter remained at the scene and was taken into custody. A weapon was also recovered. Police have not yet revealed the suspect’s identity or announced any charges.
A source told NBC10 police are investigating whether or not the shooting was in self-defense.
Neighbors said neither Whitfield nor the shooter lived on the block where the incident took place. The 2100 block of Mercy Street was closed until early Monday afternoon as police investigated.
“It’s very difficult. It’s also, it’s not about me,” Carman told NBC10. “There’s a family out there that lost somebody who means a lot to them.”
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here.
