what is this world coming to? They grow up so fast nowadays...

[samhexum]

BOYS WILL BE BOYS...

A 12-year-old boy and two teens are facing murder charges in the savage beating death of an elderly man during a carjacking in Philadelphia, authorities said.

The trio of young suspects are accused of attacking Chung Yan Chin, 70, during a violent carjacking in the city’s Mayfair section on Dec. 2, police said.

Prosecutors allege the youngsters walked up to Chin and knocked him to the ground as they started punching and kicking him to the face, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Police said “unknown offenders” then took off with Chin’s Toyota Camry.

Chin was rushed to a hospital in critical condition with a brain injury and facial fractures, court documents show. He died from his wounds weeks later on Dec. 21.

“Justice has to be done,” Mayfair resident Amy Ford told WPVI. “It is just not fair. It is sickening. It is terrible. It is too close to home.”

John Nusslein, 18, of Northeast Philadelphia, was charged last month in Chin’s slaying, while an arrest warrant has been issued for Qiyam Muhammad, 16, police told The Post.

The 12-year-old boy, who has been charged with murder as an adult, is not being identified by The Post due to his age.

Both Nusslein and the 12-year-old are being held without bail and attorneys representing them did not return calls seeking comment, the Inquirer reported.

Philadelphia police announced the murder charges against the 12-year-old Tuesday during a briefing on gun violence and carjackings. More than 800 were tallied in the city last year — or double the amount recorded in 2020, according to police statistics cited by the Inquirer.

Some 71 homicides have occurred in Philadelphia thus far in 2022 as of Thursday, which matches the figure from the same time a year ago, police data shows. The figure on that date in 2015, however, was just 29 slayings.

Philadelphia ended 2021 with 562 homicide victims, statistics show, the most in the city’s history.

https://nypost.com/2022/02/18/philadelphia-teens-boy-12-charged-with-murder-in-carjacking/

AS IF I NEEDED ANOTHER REASON NOT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE...

Edited February 18, 2022 by samhexum
just for the hell of it

[+ WilliamM]

So glad Philadelphia doesn't have a paper as  bent on scandal after scandal as The New York Post

[Luv2play]

Whatever happened to the City of Brotherly Love? Sad.