Philadelphia police are searching for seven teenage suspects wanted in an attack on a 73-year-old man who later died from head injuries sustained during the attack.
The Philadelphia Police Department released disturbing surveillance footage Friday of the deadly attack, which took place around 2:30 a.m. on June 24.
The footage shows a group of teenagers chasing a man in a blur across a street in North Philadelphia. One of the teenagers was caught targeting the victim with a cone. A girl is then seen picking up the cone and repeatedly throwing it at the victim. Another suspect appeared to film the attack on a cell phone.
Philadelphia police released surveillance video of a deadly attack that took place on June 24, 2022.
Philadelphia Police Department
“The teenagers struck the victim multiple times with objects, knocking the victim to the ground, causing injuries to his head,” the department said in a statement. “The victim was transported to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries the following day.
Police identified the victim as James Lambert of North Philadelphia.
Homicide Capt. Jason Smith told reporters during a briefing Friday that the medical examiner ruled Lambert’s cause of death blunt force trauma, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI reported.
Philadelphia police released surveillance video of a deadly attack that took place on June 24, 2022.
Philadelphia Police Department
Police said they are looking for four boys and three girls who appear to be in their early or middle ages. Smith said at least two teenagers were involved in the attack, WPVI reported.
The city is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, as is the case with all solved murders.
Smith is appealing for the parents of the suspects to come forward.
“The message I would like to send to the parents of these minors, if they know that their son or daughter is involved in this incident, I think the best course of action would be to contact an attorney and then contact with Homicide, he said.
News of the attack comes a day after a summer curfew for minors went into effect.
Until September 29, people between the ages of 14 and 17 must be at home by 10 p.m. Before that, some teenagers could go out no later than midnight. Children under 13 must be home by 9.30pm
The modified curfew is an attempt to keep young people off the streets and safe during the high-crime season, officials said.
“We’re seeing our young people involved in more criminal incidents, criminal activity, simply because they’re out late,” Councilwoman Kathryn Gilmore Richardson, who proposed the bill that changed the curfew, told WPVI.
For those found violating the curfew, police will try to reunite them with their families at home or in the area, or take them to one of several community centers that have been set up during the curfew.
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