Post by Scumhunter on Apr 3, 2019 14:23:10 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: phillymostwanted.org)
Fugitive Profile as of April 3rd, 2019: (Based on Philly's Most Wanted profile)
NICKNAME: "FATS",
Age: 19
Height: 6'0
Weight: 160 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Complexion: Medium Brown
TIPS: This is the link to submit an anonymous tip to Philly's Most Wanted: phillymostwanted.org/default.aspx?menuitemid=781&suspect=TYQUAN%20ATKINSON
From Philly.com:
Police believe that a 19-year-old South Philadelphia man fired the shot that killed a police commander’s son Saturday night at a postgame Phillies tailgate in FDR Park.
Police said Wednesday that they were searching for Tyquan Atkinson, also known as Fats, whose last known address was on the 1600 block of South 32nd Street. He also is known to frequent the areas of 10th Street and Oregon Avenue, and 12th and Ritner Streets, police said.
t a news conference Wednesday afternoon at Police Headquarters, Homicide Capt. Jason Smith said tips helped lead detectives to identify Atkinson as a suspect in the killing of 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, son of Chief Inspector Christopher Flacco and a Pennsylvania State University student. A warrant for murder and related counts was issued Tuesday night, Smith said.
Smith said investigators believe that tensions had mounted in the park before the killing, with fights breaking out between two groups of teens and young adults that knew each other — one group from South Philly, another from the Northeast.
Smith declined to elaborate on the source of friction between the two groups or to say how they knew each other, but he urged anyone connected to either side to avoid escalating what he called a “volatile” situation as police searched for Atkinson and continued investigating.
Smith said detectives believe that Atkinson had been called to the park by a woman involved in fights that broke out during a lingering tailgate party. He said initial witness interviews described a chaotic scene, with brawls and melees erupting among various groups before 10 p.m.
Smith said that investigators believe Flacco may have tried to break up a fight between women, but that he otherwise was not an active participant in the mayhem.
Still, Smith said that after one of the fights, a woman — whom police did not identify — threatened to call “her man” and said that people should be scared. A short time later, Smith said, a gunman arrived and fired a shot into the air. Several of Flacco’s friends, apparently believing the weapon was fake, then “dared” the gunman to shoot again, Smith said. He fired another shot that did not hit anyone, then left, Smith said.
Smith did not know whether anyone called police after that encounter, but he said that possibly 10 to 15 minutes later, the gunman returned and fired at Flacco, hitting him in the chest.
Police took Flacco to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m., police said.
Flacco, in his fourth semester at Penn State, was back in the city to celebrate his 20th birthday on Friday and attend Saturday’s Phillies-Braves game, Ross said.
He graduated from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bensalem in 2017, the school said in a statement. The statement also said that Flacco had hoped to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather by becoming a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Flacco’s funeral Mass was scheduled for noon Thursday, according to his obituary.
www.philly.com/news/nicholas-flacco-murder-fdr-park-arrest-christopher-flacco-penn-state-phillies-20190403.html
Philly's Most Wanted fugitive profile: phillymostwanted.org/default.aspx?act=incidentmapgallerytop10detail.aspx&category=MostWantedFugitives&IMID=608&menugroup=Public%20Most%20Wanted
Philadelphia Police Department press release: pr.phillypolice.com/2019/04/wanted-suspect-tyquan-atkinson-aka-fats-for-murder-in-the-1st-district/
Thoughts? As of this posting date (4/3/2019), Atkinson is still listed as at large on the very well-updated Philly's Most Wanted website. (See second above link)
Also, I am placing Tyquan "Fats" Atkinson in the Fugitives on TV section because In Pursuit with John Walsh made a posting on Facebook about the manhunt. The Philly police website also lists additional phone numbers and tip forms aside from the Philly Most Wanted site.
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