14-Year-Old South Phila. Boy Shot Dead
by KYW’s Jim Melwert
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday in broad daylight in South Philadelphia. Police have charged 18-year-old Charles Meyers of South Philadelphia with his murder.
Police say at about 4pm, 10 kids -- including 14-year-old Tykeem Law -- were on five bikes on the 900 block of Federal Street, near the Italian Market.
A car coming down the street honked the horn and yelled at the kids to move out the street. Four of the five bikes got out of the way. One didn't move fast enough ridden by 14-year-old Tykeem Law. Police say words may have been exchanged, and the driver of the car pulled a gun and shot Tykeem. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Family friend Amanda Savage:
"I'm a mother myself, so I can't even imagine what his mother and father and his whole family are going through right now."
Police were able to stop the car and catch the alleged shooter a few blocks away.
A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed Saturday in broad daylight in South Philadelphia. Police have charged 18-year-old Charles Meyers of South Philadelphia with his murder.
Police say at about 4pm, 10 kids -- including 14-year-old Tykeem Law -- were on five bikes on the 900 block of Federal Street, near the Italian Market.
A car coming down the street honked the horn and yelled at the kids to move out the street. Four of the five bikes got out of the way. One didn't move fast enough ridden by 14-year-old Tykeem Law. Police say words may have been exchanged, and the driver of the car pulled a gun and shot Tykeem. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Family friend Amanda Savage:
"I'm a mother myself, so I can't even imagine what his mother and father and his whole family are going through right now."
Police were able to stop the car and catch the alleged shooter a few blocks away.
7 comments:
I KNOW CHARLES MYERS ND I KNEW HE WAS CAPABLE FOR DOIN SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THIS...I LIVED ON THE 2400 HUNDRED BLOCK OF DARIEN IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA..I KNEW HIM SINCE I WAS 5 YRS OLD....I TOLD HIM TIME ND TIME AGIN THAT LIFE IS NOT A JOKE ND THAT HE CAN NOT REINACT SCARFACE...BUT HE WAS SO FULL OF CRAMP OF SAYING HE KNEW HOW 2 GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING ND HE WOULD'NT GET CAUGHT...ND I TOLD HIM THAT 'IT COMES QUICKER FOR A PERSON WHO'S BEHIND THE GUN'
why the white man always do this, killin and murdereing the innocent
Go to north philly. Enough said. It could have been a green person killing a purple. Things happen, and in North philly it blacks killing blacks. Ohh, and guess what, whites also kill whites. Why does everything have racial hate about everything. By the way Charles was an advocate of the civil rights movement. Having gone to school with him he was very interested in the progression of the civil rights act of 1964. He was a good kid, with a road rage problem.
Do you realy know Chuckie? I am a friend and I know he had good in him. Did you get in trouble and you know he would have beed there for you. This is not no black or white Thing. If you know him you would know he has black in his family O and black friends.
you shouldn't ride in the middle of a road that has traffic and then curse out people in cars,you're asking for trouble then.. thats just common sense
this is for "anonymous"
regardless of where u ride ur bike, it's not a reason to get shot and KILLED, u heartless moron. that's like me killing u b/c of ur insensitive comment...and though "chuckie" may have had black friends, i bet he wouldn't have fired that gun if tykeem's name was joey, lil anthony or if his last name had been giovana(u get my point)i'm not saying he was racial, but TY was black, chuck was white, there's some type of relation...miss u Keem, D in SP
look black ...white.... who gives a damn
the facts are a guy was killed who could have led a good productive life and the shooter could have had the same
this will never happen for either of these two really young guys ,,,,, what a waist for no damn good reason the shooter.....he will be in jail gettin smutted ( he already got beat up ) for ever
and you know what both of their mothers will ALWAYS miss there children
kinda puts that shit in perspective don't it????????
mike collins
phila pa
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