PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 19-year-old man has been charged in the shooting death of his 11-year-old brother inside of a West Philadelphia home. Nikeem Leach, 19, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and other related charges stemming from Monday’s fatal shooting.
READ MORE: ABC Men Feeding Philadelphia Community Physically And Spiritually One Box At A TimeThe shooting happened around noon on the 5700 block of Haddington Lane.
Officials say the responding officer arrived within a minute of the call and found the boy in the dining room with a gunshot wound to his chest.
The officer scooped the boy up and drove him to Lankenau Hospital, where he died in surgery.
READ MORE: Camden County Health Officials Enlisting Bilingual Volunteers To Help Dispel COVID Vaccine Fears In Latino CommunityPolice say the 19-year-old ran out of the house after the shooting and asked neighbors for help. They say he then left the scene and was picked up a short time later by police a few blocks away. Leach was arrested without incident.
Leach was the only person in the house besides the victim.
Police recovered a semiautomatic handgun but can’t say yet who it belongs to.
Leach’s bail was set at $25,000. It’s unclear if he has been released.
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