Philadelphia beauty salon shooting, sex assault suspect captured on SEPTA bus
Police announce arrest of Philly beauty salon murder, sex assault suspect
During a Friday afternoon press conference, Staff Inspector Ernest Ransom said police made the arrest after receiving a tip from a citizen who called 911. Police say Pistoria boarded the SEPTA bus at Broad and Lehigh and was arrested without incident on the 500 block of South Broad Street.
PHILADELPHIA - Jamal Pistoria, a man wanted for a deadly shooting and sexual assault inside a Philadelphia beauty salon, has been arrested.
Pistoria, who the District Attorney's Office identified as a suspect earlier this week, faces several charges, including murder and rape.
What we know:
Jamal Pistoria, 33, was taken into custody while aboard a SEPTA bus on South Broad Street around 1 a.m., SEPTA confirmed to FOX 29.
During a Friday afternoon press conference, Staff Inspector Ernest Ransom said police made the arrest after receiving a tip from a citizen who called 911. Police say Pistoria boarded the SEPTA bus at Broad and Lehigh and was arrested without incident on the 500 block of South Broad Street.
The backstory:
Investigators say 33-year-old Jamal Pistoria entered the Abba Blessed Beauty Salon on Stenton Avenue on November 2nd and forced a female employee at gunpoint into the back of the building, where three other women were.
Once in the locked backroom, investigators say Pistoria physically and sexually assaulted all three women. He allegedly hit them multiple times with his gun before fatally shooting 34-year-old Bellaniri Hernandez Camilo.
Man wanted in East Germantown salon murder, sexual assaults still at large
Police and prosecutors say the search continues for Jamal Pistoria, who they allege shot and killed Bellaniri Ofelia Hernandez-Camil and attacked two other women inside a beauty salon on the 6300 block of Stenton Avenue around 2:00 p.m. Monday. Police are urging the public not to engage with Pistoria, describing him as dangerous.
Investigators say the assault lasted for about six minutes, and the two surviving women managed to fight back when they realized Pistoria's weapon stopped firing. Pistoria fled, stopping at the front cash register where police say he managed to steal something.
Surveillance footage captured Pistoria a short time later at a convenience store, where he exposed his face while buying a soda.
The Source: Information provided by the Philadelphia Police Department.