An 18-year-old has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a man who unknowingly drove his car into a gun battle on one of Philadelphia's main streets last month, police said Friday.
A 19-year-old is also charged, but remains on the loose, police said. A $20,000 reward has been issued for the arrest of Saykou Monte, whose last known address is in the first block of East Collum Street. His residence is a block from where the fatal shooting took place.
That gun battle took place in the 5100 block of Germantown Avenue on the evening of July 28.
Police responded to a call of a shooting about 6 p.m. They found Alsharay Ford, 25, of Hellerman Street, with gunshot wounds to his head and right shoulder. He was taken to a nearby hospital, but died the next day.
Ford's 3-year-old daughter was in the backseat of the car at the time of the shooting, but was unharmed. Detectives believe Ford was shot when he accidentally drove into a gunfight that erupted on Germantown Avenue.
Jameil Byrd, of the 5100 block of Wissahickon Avenue, was identified as an alleged gunman in the shooting, police said. He was arrested Thursday morning three blocks from the shooting scene and charged with murder.
Anyone with information about Monte's whereabouts is asked to call the homicide fugitive squad at 215-686-3334 or -3335.
