The suspected Philadelphia mass shooter told police that his deadly rampage earlier this week was an attempt to fight the city’s gun violence crisis.
Police say 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker wore a bulletproof vest and was armed with two ghost guns – an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun – as he stalked an area spanning several blocks in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia, where he allegedly shot seven people, killing five of them.
Carriker, a cross-dresser obsessed by guns, was taken into custody 10 minutes after police arrived on the scene and was arraigned Wednesday on five counts of murder.
