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Philly Streets Department worker shot to death on-duty
Philadelphia police investigate the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man who, sources say, was a Streets Department employee and was on the clock when he was shot and killed.
GRAYS FERRY - A morning shooting outside a corner store in Grays Ferry has left an employee with the Philadelphia Streets Department dead, according to law enforcement sources.
Police say the 21-year-old man was shot twice on the 2300 block of Oakford Street just before 9 a.m.
He was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from gunshot wounds to the lower back and arm.
Sources tell FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce that the man worked for the Philadelphia Streets Department, and was on-duty when he was fatally shot. He was identified by police as Masir Williams.
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A fight erupted inside the corner deli between a person and the victim, who was shot and killed as he ran outside, sources say.
It is unknown what sparked the altercation, but police have issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Senaaj Jackson.
This is the second time in less than a year a city worker was killed on the job. In November 2022, a sanitation worker was shot and killed while on the job in Holmesburg.