Post by Scumhunter on Sept 30, 2023 11:19:41 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: readingeagle.com)
From readingeagle.com:
A Reading man is wanted on murder charges in the midday shooting of a man in the city’s downtown moments after the victim and his passenger returned to his car following a fight with the suspect, investigators said Monday.
City police on Friday charged Vincent J. Sanchez, 32, with first- and third-degree murder and weapons offenses, saying witnesses identified him as the man who fatally shot Ellis C. Garman Sr., 44, at South Sixth and Cherry streets.
Police said they went to the 100 block of South Eighth Street to arrest Sanchez on Friday night but he was not found. It wasn’t clear why they thought he would be there.
Sanchez’s address is listed on the criminal complaint as the 100 block of South Sixth Street.
The probable cause affidavit provided these details:
Officers responded about 2:30 p.m. to the first block of South Sixth Street for a report of a shooting and found Garman lying in the middle of the street. A Reading Fire Department medic crew performed life-saving procedures before Garman was taken by ambulance to Reading Hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Officers found a pool of blood next to a parked car. The driver and front-passenger doors were open.
Police detained a witness at the scene who was taken to City Hall for an interview. The witness was a passenger in the car registered to Garman. He said Garman was driving north in the 100 block of South Sixth Street when he saw Sanchez on the west sidewalk.
Sanchez was known to Garman and his passenger as a result of family-related issues, the witness explained.
Sanchez signaled that he wanted Garman and his front-seat passenger to get out of the car and fight him. Garman parked on the west side of the street, and Sanchez walked up to the driver’s side door and took a handgun from the fanny pack strapped across his chest.
Following a verbal exchange, Sanchez struck Garman in the face with the gun.
Garman and his passenger got out of the car and fought with Sanchez, who still had his gun. Another person approached and tried to take the gun from one of Sanchez’s hands but was only able to release the ammunition magazine. That person took the magazine.
Footage from a city pole-mounted camera shows the trio continues fighting for about two minutes before Garman and his passenger get back in the car.
Footage shows Garman beginning to drive away when Sanchez walks up to the drivers’ side, extends his arm into the driver’s side and, according to the witness, fires a single shot. The car lurches forward a short distance, stopping in the middle of the street.
Garman opens the door and gets out, falling to his knees, then his back. Sanchez fled.
The shooting was the first of three shooting incidents in the city during a 15-hour span. The other two shootings left two males with nonfatal injuries.
On Saturday about 3 a.m., police responded to the 1700 block of Pear Street and found a 38-year-old man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim is from Norristown, and when questioned by police he was uncooperative, investigators said.
About three hours later, police responded to the 100 block of South Eighth Street for a report of a male shot in the neck. The victim was taken to Reading Hospital.
Investigators said his condition was stable and, although responsive, he was uncooperative with police. He is also wanted by the Berks County sheriff’s office for failing to appear in court on drug charges.
No arrests have been made in the two Saturday shootings.
Anyone with information on Sanchez’s whereabouts is asked to call Reading police at 610-6455-6116 or provide a tip anonymously to Crime Alert Berks County’s tipline, 877-373-9913. Tips can also be sent via text, using the keyword “alert berks,” to 847411. Crime Alert will pay a cash reward for information leading to an arrest.
www.readingeagle.com/2023/07/24/suspect-wanted-in-midday-fatal-shooting-downtown-reading/
Thoughts? As of today's posting date (September 30th, 2023), a search of Pennsylvania's online criminal court records shows still no events or arrest date since criminal charges against Sanchez were filed back on July 21st, 2023.
ujsportal.pacourts.us/Report/MdjDocketSheet?docketNumber=MJ-23201-CR-0000138-2023&dnh=7EnL%2FlYKoC86MSJWE1NxNQ%3D%3D
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