PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are searching for a 16-year-old who is expected to face murder charges over last week’s fatal shooting outside Roxborough High School, authorities said Tuesday.
An arrest warrant was approved Tuesday afternoon for Dayron Burney-Thorne, who police said participated in the shooting that left a 14-year-old boy dead and four other teens wounded after a football scrimmage near the school.
Homicide Capt. Jason Smith declined to specify if detectives believe Burney-Thorne was one of the five shooters who jumped out of an SUV and began firing in the ambush-style attack, or if the teen might have served as a getaway driver. And Smith said Burney-Thorne was just one of eight persons of interest police were investigating in this crime. Smith also said detectives were probing the possibility that some in the group may have committed other recent shootings.
