Police have arrested a 22-year-old man — and charged him with murder and related offenses — after a double shooting last month along Packer Avenue at Broad Street in South Philadelphia left one man dead and put another in the hospital.
According to police, on Monday, investigators apprehended Abou Keita, 22, in a parked vehicle along the 2200 block of South Felton Street in Southwest Philadelphia. He was taken into custody without incident, officials said.
He has been charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault and related offenses after a shooting that happened in South Philadelphia on Oct. 9, 2025.
In that incident, 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.