Suspect opens fire on camera then flees in Feltonville section of Philadelphia

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Suspect opens fire on camera then flees
Watch surveillance video from Philadelphia Police as a man opens fire at a busy intersection in Feltonville.

FELTONVILLE (WPVI) -- Police are on the hunt for a man caught on camera opening fire several times in broad daylight at a busy intersection in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia.

It happened Sunday afternoon at 4:28.

Video from two cameras in the 4600 block of Whitaker Avenue show the man walking in front of a dry cleaning business, pulling out a handgun and firing four shots across the intersection.

He then flees.

Police say no one was hurt. It was not immediately clear if anyone was being targeted.

Investigators recovered four .45 caliber bullet casings from the scene.

Anyone with information about the crime or the suspect is asked to contact: the Philadelphia Police East Detective Division at 215-686-3244/3245.

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