cbs3_blue-on-white_2013 Philly_KYW_new Philly_94WIP_new CBS Sports Radio 610 Philly_WPHT_new
NOW LIVE: Eyewitness News: Watch Live Stream

Latest News

Darby, Pa. Man Charged With Using .380 Handgun to Escalate School Fight

View Comments
Gregg_Cherrie--NEW

Reporting Cherri Gregg

Check Out

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (CBS) - A Darby, Pa. man is being held in lieu of $150,000 bail for a shooting in Upper Darby this week that caused police to lock down an elementary school and a middle school.

Police say a confrontation started Tuesday, when two students from Upper Darby High School got into a fight.  On Thursday, one of the students planned retaliation by bringing in a third person, 23-year-old Darius Kilbey of North Third Street in Upper Darby.

Upper Darby police superintendent Michael Chitwood says Kilbey brought a .380 semi-automatic handgun to the fight.

“Four shots were fired. There had been 50 or 60 people in the area. Fortunately, nobody got hurt,” Chitwood said.

Police say the suspect will be charged with aggravated assault and several other crimes.

Chitwood says police shut down Bywood Elementary School and Beverly Hills Middle School for a time to ensure the safety of the students, and he says there is concern about an uptick in school violence in the area.

“We’re willing to do our part, but the school will have to do its part to get the violence under control,” Chitwood said.  He says police have been to Upper Darby High School forty-five times in the past few months.

Reported by Cherri Gregg, KYW Newsradio 1060

View Comments
  • DEAR BROTHER T SHABAZZ

    UPPER DARBY HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE SEVERAL OF ITS FINEST PATROLLING 24 HOURS A DAY, AND KEEP DA SCHOOL IN PERPETUAL LOCKDOWN. SISTA ARLENE KNEW HOW TO RUN A SCHOOL SYSTEM, LET THE
    MONKEY TAKE CONTROL AND TURN THE OTHER WAY, IT SEEMS MR CHITWOOD
    HAS OTHER IDEAS. WHAT CHA TINK OF DAT BRO SHABAZZ ??

    CANT BE CALLED RACE ISM, CAUSE ALL BE OF ONE RACE, STILL BROTHER
    AL SHARPTON WILL FIND A WAY, IF THERES A WILL… SAYS HH OF OXFORD CIRCLE

    WHAT A DAMN SHAME FOR KIDS TO GROW UP IN THIS WORLD WHERE HANDGUNS FORCE EVERYONE TO LIVE IN FEAR…….

blog comments powered by Disqus
Listen Live!

Follow CBS Philly

Like us on foursquare

Now on CBS Philly

nowon lovearts1 Now on CBS Philly nowon kidcast 03161 Now on CBS Philly nowon dec12 rac Now on CBS Philly  Now on CBS Philly nowon 3onyourside Now on CBS Philly nowon deal Now on CBS Philly dunkin homepage tile Now on CBS Philly  Now on CBS Philly