5 more charged after ghost gun used in shooting at West Philly Eid al-Fitr event

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner said that five more people will be charged after three people were injured when shooting erupted during an Eid al-Fitr event in April of last year.

This brings the total number of people charged in this incident to 10.

In discussing these new charges on Monday, Krasner said the incident was a "wild shooting" that terrorized members of one particular faith.

“There were people running for their lives. There were people diving out of the way of bullets. Bullets were coming every direction. And, it was more than people shooting at people. It was more than the endangerment of individuals, for reasons that I think are obvious," Krasner said. "It terrorized people of one particular faith who were celebrating a very sacred and important holiday.”

In investigating this case, officials said on Monday that law enforcement officials determined that one of the guns used in the shooting had been privately made.

While, Krasner said, details were limited as the investigation on this case is ongoing, officials said they were able to trace the manufacturing of the privately produced firearm -- often called a "ghost gun" -- to the basement of a home in Delaware County.

Officials wouldn't say just where this basement was located, but they did say three adults and two juveniles have been charged on allegations that claim these individuals were making and selling firearms.

The three adults charged, Krasner said, were Chase Freas, 18, Nicholas Luciani, 26, and Shane Scott, 21.

Luciani and Freas are currently in police custody, but Krasner said, Scott remains a fugitive.

“Shane, turn yourself in. This will only get worse,” Krasner said. “It can only help you.”

How the shooting at a West Philly Eid al-Fitr celebration unfolded

The shooting happened at about 2:30 p.m. as about 1,000 people were gathered at the Clara Muhammad Square on 47th Street and Wyalusing Avenue around to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic holiday, Ramadan.

The Philadelphia Masjid -- a local mosque -- is located near that park.

Leaders of that mosque, on Monday, noted that individuals involved were not Muslim and were not involved in the celebrations for the day. Instead, they noted the shooting was likely tied to an incident that happened elsewhere but spilled into the mosque's celebrations for the holiday.

Police have since identified only one of the five people who were arrested on the day of the shooting -- Kahbir Oglesby-Hicks, 21, who has been charged with multiple firearm charges and evading arrest.

The other suspects that police arrested at that time were all juveniles -- two 15-year-old boys, a 16-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy.

Officials have not yet released the identities of these juveniles.

During the incident, officials said that officers at the scene observed two groups at the park shooting at each other.

Officials said responding officers apprehended a man -- Oglesby-Hicks -- along with two teen boys and a teen girl while they were running away from the scene.

Those four suspects were stopped by the officers who recovered four weapons, investigators said.

Also that day, a police officer shot an armed 15-year-old boy in the left arm and leg. That boy was arrested, as well.

In discussing this incident, Krasner said the officer involved in that shooting -- who he didn't name, but noted was a woman -- was a hero who may have saved the lives of others by acting quickly when she fired on the armed teen.

“She did the right thing," said Krasner. "She was gutsy. She was courageous.”

Also, during last year's shootout a man in his 20s was shot in the stomach and a teen was shot in the hands, officials have said.