UPPER DARBY TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Motion Information has obtained new data that exposed a Delaware County teen advised police he unintentionally shot and killed one other teenager whereas passing round weapons throughout a livestream on Instagram.
Higher Darby Township police stated the taking pictures occurred Sunday round 5 p.m. whereas a gaggle of youngsters and younger adults have been in a first-floor condominium alongside the 2400 block of Marshall Street in Drexel Hill.
The accused shooter, 16-year-old Diamire Hickman, turned himself in Monday accompanied by his mom and lawyer, in response to police.
Officers responded to the scene the place they found the sufferer, recognized by relations as 17-year-old Anthony Alexander, on a sofa in the lounge with a gunshot wound to the suitable aspect of his face.
He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Heart the place he was pronounced useless.
Investigators discovered one fired cartridge casing within the sofa.
Officers on the scene have been met by two witnesses, however quickly discovered a number of others had fled the condominium following the taking pictures.
A short while later, police positioned three males who matched the outline of those that fled the condominium. The 2 witnesses on the scene confirmed the three have been inside on the time.
All 5 witnesses have been interviewed by Higher Darby police. Every advised investigators that they heard a gunshot from the lounge, and noticed the sufferer mendacity on the sofa and the shooter with a gun. One witness stated the shooter acknowledged that he didn’t know a bullet was contained in the chamber of the gun earlier than he fled the condominium.
By means of investigation, police recognized the suspect as Hickman.
Police say Hickman being beneath 18 years of age and having been arrested for housebreaking previously prohibits him from lawfully possessing a firearm.
Police say Hickman surrendered on his personal with none request by authorities.
Hickman, who waived his constitutional rights, was then interviewed by a detective.
Police say Hickman advised the detective he was on the condominium when Alexander was shot. Hickman acknowledged that he and others contained in the condominium have been livestreaming themselves on Instagram whereas passing round two weapons.
In response to the court docket paperwork, Hickman stated he was holding one of many weapons and put his “hand on the set off a teeny bit,” inflicting a shot to be fired, placing and killing Alexander.
Hickman advised the detective he dropped the weapon after which fled on foot.
Police say after confirming surveillance photographs of himself, Hickman ultimately invoked his proper to stay silent and the interview ended.
Hickman is being charged as an grownup and faces a number of expenses together with third-degree homicide and involuntary manslaughter.
The superintendent of the Southeast Delco College District, the place Alexander was a scholar in its cyber highschool, wrote a letter to households and workers, saying partly, “Lots of our college students, workers and households knew this scholar. We’re devastated by this loss and are dedicated to assist our faculty neighborhood to the fullest.”
Investigators say they’re working with the college district and the district lawyer’s workplace as they proceed the investigation.
Hailed a Hero
Members of the family affirm to Motion Information that the sufferer, Anthony Alexander, is the same teen who helped rescue three kids from an icy pond final yr on Presidents Day in Collingdale.
Alexander, who was 16 on the time, was hanging out in Collingdale Park together with his associates simply earlier than 3 p.m. on Feb. 21 when he heard screams coming from two little ladies and a boy.
“They actually wanted assist. I wasn’t going to sit down there and allow them to drown like that,” Alexander advised Motion Information final yr.
He first tried to make use of a persist with rescue the youngsters earlier than leaping in and pulling out the little boy and one of many ladies.
“It was chilly,” Alexander stated. “Like I used to be shocked, like my physique went into shock.”
Collingdale Police Sergeant Pat Kilroy and Officer Corey Hansen then arrived on the scene jumped into the pond and rescued the opposite little lady.
Alexander’s dad and mom have been beaming with satisfaction.
“He all the time has the largest coronary heart on this planet and now the world sees that coronary heart,” his mom, Ava Alexander, advised Motion Information on the assembly.
“I am very blessed to have him in my life, very blessed to boost someone like him,” added his father Anthony Alexander Sr.
Anthony Alexander stated the ordeal had him contemplating a profession in regulation enforcement.
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