Former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode is the director at Station House. “I saw him laying there with the sheets over top of him and I knew it was him”, said shelter resident Matthew Formelio. He says security protocols will now be examined.
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Barksdale, of the 6200 block of Shelbourne St., was shot at least five times, police said, with gunshot wounds found behind the left ear, left shoulder, left upper chest, left abdomen and right thigh.
Around 6:15 a.m. Sunday, Brock returned to the shelter and made his way into the building through the front doors with food service workers who were making an early-morning delivery, police and shelter officials said.
One man was killed while another is in the hospital after a shooting at a North Philadelphia homeless shelter.
Police are searching for a gunman who opened fire at the Station House, a men’s shelter in North Philadelphia, killing one person and wounding another. Residents of the shelter tell NBC10’s Drew Smith that the victims are shelter employees.
Once inside, he shot two shelter workers, killing one.
The distraught family of the victim who died in the shooting arrived at the shelter later Sunday morning. Investigators tell us the 32-year old was kicked out on Friday night for intoxication.
The home provides shelter for low income and homeless people, according to the program’s website.
Police said Brock, who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds, should be considered armed and risky.
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Brock, who has numerous prior arrests, surrendered late Monday afternoon at police headquarters, Officer Tanya Little said. “It’s a heartbreaking tragedy”. Officials expressed shock as well as fears that the crime might deter people from entering shelters as frigid weather was poised to enter the region overnight.Were very, very, very concerned; this is not something that happens in the city of Philadelphias shelters for people experiencing homelessness.
