PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) --A 15-year-old boy has been charged alongside another teen in connection with the murder of a teenage girl outside Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia.
15 year old Quadir Gibson from the 5900 Horrocks Street is charged in the murder of 15 year old Aisha Abdur-Rahman.
The other suspect, 19-year-old Darian Person of Rowan Street, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Police say Quadir was not the shooter, but they say he summoned Darian Person to the location, and directed him to shoot a number a people.
Both are now charged with the murder of Aisha Abdur-Rhaman and attempted murder of a 19-year-old male who remains in critical, but stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Quadir, a star running back for Father Judge High School, is being charged as an adult.
Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark said during a news conference on Tuesday that it all began when a group of 20 to 30 young people, many from the nearby Delaware Valley Charter High School, agreed to meet for a fight at Broad and Olney Monday afternoon.
"People from school then starting bringing friends from the neighborhood to the school," Clark said. When describing Person, Clark said "He was brought as the muscle. He came with a gun and, unfortunately, he used it."
The fight at Broad and Olney was broken up, Clark said, but the group only moved a short distance away - to the 5500 block of Old York Road, in front of Einstein Medical Center - when a second fight erupted.
That's where three to five shots were fired.
One of the bullets traveled half a block and hit Rhaman in the back, killing her. She was walking with a friend when she was hit.
"She was a totally innocent victim," Clark said.
Investigators say Person was the only one who fired shots. He is not a student of the school, but rather dropped out a year or two ago.
"He is very well known to police," Clark said. Another victim, a 19-year-old man, was hit in the chest. Police are not sure if that 19-year-old victim is connected with the shooting.
Rhaman was a 10th grade student at the Delaware Valley Charter High School. On Tuesday morning, students and faculty returned to the school under a heavy police presence.
This is one of those shootings that came CLOSE to home for me. WHY? My son who is 27 was at that junction in Olney and took photos of a crowd of kids, posted it on Facebook LIVE and I was watching his post saying that these black teens look mad at each other. I simply told him not to get involved and leave the area. Don't be the one trying to break fights between lawless kids. They usually have guns. My son left and posted another status. I'm sitting in my office here in Africa and he's in Philly and posts, "I knew it! Two people shot at Olney where I just left!"
15 year old Quadir Gibson from the 5900 Horrocks Street is charged in the murder of 15 year old Aisha Abdur-Rahman.
The other suspect, 19-year-old Darian Person of Rowan Street, turned himself in on Tuesday.
Police say Quadir was not the shooter, but they say he summoned Darian Person to the location, and directed him to shoot a number a people.
Both are now charged with the murder of Aisha Abdur-Rhaman and attempted murder of a 19-year-old male who remains in critical, but stable condition at Albert Einstein Medical Center.
Quadir, a star running back for Father Judge High School, is being charged as an adult.
Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark said during a news conference on Tuesday that it all began when a group of 20 to 30 young people, many from the nearby Delaware Valley Charter High School, agreed to meet for a fight at Broad and Olney Monday afternoon.
"People from school then starting bringing friends from the neighborhood to the school," Clark said. When describing Person, Clark said "He was brought as the muscle. He came with a gun and, unfortunately, he used it."
The fight at Broad and Olney was broken up, Clark said, but the group only moved a short distance away - to the 5500 block of Old York Road, in front of Einstein Medical Center - when a second fight erupted.
That's where three to five shots were fired.
One of the bullets traveled half a block and hit Rhaman in the back, killing her. She was walking with a friend when she was hit.
"She was a totally innocent victim," Clark said.
Investigators say Person was the only one who fired shots. He is not a student of the school, but rather dropped out a year or two ago.
"He is very well known to police," Clark said. Another victim, a 19-year-old man, was hit in the chest. Police are not sure if that 19-year-old victim is connected with the shooting.
Rhaman was a 10th grade student at the Delaware Valley Charter High School. On Tuesday morning, students and faculty returned to the school under a heavy police presence.
This is one of those shootings that came CLOSE to home for me. WHY? My son who is 27 was at that junction in Olney and took photos of a crowd of kids, posted it on Facebook LIVE and I was watching his post saying that these black teens look mad at each other. I simply told him not to get involved and leave the area. Don't be the one trying to break fights between lawless kids. They usually have guns. My son left and posted another status. I'm sitting in my office here in Africa and he's in Philly and posts, "I knew it! Two people shot at Olney where I just left!"
With Files from WPVI Philadelphia
