A second suspect was taken into custody on murder charges following a double shooting in Oct. 2025 along Packer Avenue at Broad Street in South Philadelphia that left one man dead and put another in the hospital.
According to police, Nasir Brooks surrendered himself to police on March 3, 2026.
Another suspect, Abou Keita, 22, was taken into custody on Nov. 28, 2025, without incident, officials said.
After the initial shooting, officials said, officers responded to the 1300 block of Packer Avenue to find 23-year-old Hasson Mason suffering from gunshot wounds to his face and body. He died shortly after being taken to a nearby hospital, officials said.
A second victim of the same shooting, officials said, was located in front of Chickie’s & Pete’s restaurant along the 1500 block of Packer Avenue that evening. This victim, a 23-year-old man, was hospitalized in stable condition after being shot in the torso, officials said.
Police officials said, at the time, that investigators recovered 21 spent shell casings from a semi-automatic firearm along with a loaded clip at the scene of the shooting.
A four-door sedan was found running, at the scene, with at least 15 bullet holes in the driver’s side and rear windshield, officials said, as well.
That car was captured on surveillance cameras diving about half a block before it turned on Broad Street and crashed into a car, officials said.