Man fatally shot on SEPTA bus in South Philadelphia
Carmelo Drayton, 37, was shot in the chest around 6:35 p.m. on Snyder Avenue near Broad Street, police said.
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A 37-year-old man was fatally shot on a SEPTA bus Tuesday evening in South Philadelphia, police said.
Police on Wednesday identified the man as Carmelo Drayton of the 500 block of Sigel Street.
The shooting came a day after a 17-year-old student from Imhotep Institute Charter High School was fatally wounded at a bus stop in the city’s Ogontz section and four others were injured in a barrage of gunfire, including two passengers on a bus.
And late Sunday night, a 27-year-old man was shot and killed after getting off a SEPTA bus in Oxford Circle.
The shooting Tuesday in South Philadelphia occurred about 6:35 p.m. on Snyder Avenue near Broad Street. Police said it appeared the shooter got off the Route 79 bus and then fired back inside, striking Drayton in the chest.
Drayton was taken by medics to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:27 p.m.
Police said the shooter then fled down into the Broad Street Line subway.
Police ask that anyone with information on the homicide call the police tip line at 215-686-TIPS or dial 911. There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction.