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The Philadelphia Police Department
The shooter accused of shooting five people in southwest Philadelphia on Monday night in a seemingly random disaster later claimed he only intended to lend a hand to police in tackling gun violence, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.
After first praising officers for his arrest, Kimbrady Carriker, 40, told police his gunshots were to help police deal with the city’s gun violence crisis because “all these guys are killing people.” sources told police. Questioner.
Carrying an AR-15-style assault rifle and handgun, Carriker wore a body armor and ski mask as he fired “aimlessly” at people on the street or in their cars across several blocks in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood, authorities said. The 40-year-old was reportedly carrying several magazines of ammunition and a police scanner before being arrested after a foot chase.
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Once brought in for questioning, Carriker told detectives that Yahweh, a Hebrew name for God, would send more people to help, the sources told the Questioner— but reportedly declined to respond to requests for more information.
Carriker was hit with a slew of charges during his arraignment Wednesday, totaling more than 30 charges, including murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of weapons. Court records show he is being held without bail.
The victims have been identified by police as Daujan Brown, 15, Lashyd Merritt, 20, Dymir Stanton, 29, Joseph Wamah Jr., 31, and Ralph Moralis, 59. Carriker also allegedly injured a 2-year-old and 13-year-old – old child during his spree, and two others were injured by broken glass.
A former roommate of Carriker’s, Tina Rosette, 49, was shocked to hear the news, but admitted to the Questioner that Carriker “approached some things in life aggressively.” Her 24-year-old daughter, Cianni Rosette, said he “tried to put me at ease with guns and things like that” and made “pushy” romantic advances towards her.
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CNN reported that Carriker had a previous gun conviction and owned a “ghost gun,” or an untraceable self-assembled firearm, on the night of the shooting.
Photos and posts on his since-deleted Facebook page showed Carriker sharing videos of guns, complaining that President Joe Biden will revoke Second Amendment rights, expressing support for Donald Trump and sharing nonsensical biblical references, Heavy reported. One post also featured a symbol of the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I told you he wanted your rights. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN SAYS BIDEN,” Carriker wrote on Facebook, according to Heavy, alongside a video of Biden captioned “Biden changes to red coat, in final gun-raising speech.”
Prominent members of the far right, however, took advantage of an image on Carriker’s page showing him wearing long braids and feminine attire. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweeted an article from a conservative conspiracy blog with the caption “Another trans shooter.”
According to CNNthe public prosecutor initially referred to the suspect using she/she pronouns, but switched to referring to the suspect as male.
Asa Khalif, a member of the firm’s LGBTQ+ advisory committee, addressed the “nasty” right-wing outcry on Wednesday press conference.
“The language disseminated by the conservative press is violent and dangerous and targets trans women of color,” Khalif said. “We have our trans women and our trans men who live, work and thrive in these communities. They are not murderers, they are the most vulnerable to violence.”
“We will not allow conservative bigots to use that kind of language to attack transgender people,” he added.
Khalif confirmed that Carriker identified himself as male, not trans. “That’s the language that will be used until further developments, if they change,” he said.
Carriker’s next trial is scheduled for July 24.
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