Police have arrested a New York teenager for the December shooting deaths of two men at the University Court Apartments near 46th and Chester.
Marco Joaquin, 18, was charged with two counts of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting deaths of Anthony Fletcher Jr., and Dwayne Page, according to court documents.
Fletcher’s father, Anthony “Two Guns” Fletcher Sr. was a prominent welterweight boxer in the Philly area before being convicted of murder in 1993. The son appeared to be on a different path. He was a delegate for his union, District 1199c of the Hospital and Health Care employees, at Hahnemann Hospital. His co-workers wore t-shirts with the union slogan “We Are One” to Fletcher’s December 29 funeral.
Police say Joaquin shot Fletcher once in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Page was shot in the chest and later died at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. A third man was shot in the head and chest but survived, police said.
A police source said the shooting was drug-related.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 22 at 9 a.m. in Courtroom 306 at the Criminal Justice Center (13th and Filbert).
May 7th, 2013 at 12:04 pm
The murders were at University Court Apartments, which is at 4618 Chester — not ’48th and Chester’ as stated in the headline.
May 7th, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Thanks for letting us know about the typo. We fixed it.
May 7th, 2013 at 2:12 pm
“Teen”? Okay.
I hope that “teen” goes to prison for life.