{"id":265182,"date":"2026-08-14T09:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265182\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:20:15","slug":"philly-man-may-have-sought-street-justice-when-he-killed-woman-injured-man-in-weekend-shooting-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265182\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly man may have sought street justice when he killed woman, injured man in weekend shooting, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The gunfire that killed a North Philadelphia woman<\/a> and wounded her husband as the couple sat on their porch Sunday night may have been an act of retaliation for an earlier homicide, law enforcement sources said.<\/p>\n

Shariff Perry<\/a>, who police say killed Michelle Wilson, 61, and shot her 67-year-old husband, is the brother of a man authorities say was killed by the couple\u2019s son, Evans, in 2022, according to the sources.<\/p>\n

Authorities have not publicly disclosed a motive for the crime, but sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said retribution was the likely cause.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video obtained from a business near Wilson\u2019s home showed a man wearing a surgical mask and a hat approach the couple\u2019s front porch, pull out a handgun, and open fire just before midnight. Wilson was pronounced dead moments later. Her husband survived. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, police identified Perry, 35, as the suspected shooter. He remained at large Thursday.<\/p>\n

Reached by phone, Wilson\u2019s husband tearfully declined to be interviewed, as did his daughter. <\/p>\n

The Wilsons\u2019 son, Evans, is one of three people charged in the death of James Dunbar, 20, who was shot in the head on the 2800 block of North Taylor Street, less than a mile from where the Wilsons were shot, sources said. <\/p>\n

Another man was also shot, but survived, police said.<\/p>\n

Witnesses told detectives at the time that they heard a barrage of gunshots, then saw two armed men fleeing in a Hyundai Sonata. Detectives recovered 17 bullet casings from the scene, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Wilson and two teenagers were charged with murder and related crimes, court records show. Wilson has pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial. <\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s attorney, David Mischak, did not return a phone call on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Dunbar\u2019s death came during a wave of crime in the city following the pandemic. <\/p>\n

Michelle Wilson\u2019s killing was one of six homicides in Philadelphia between Friday morning and Sunday night, a burst of bloodshed in what has otherwise been one of the city\u2019s least violent years in decades. <\/p>\n

Hours before her death, Wilson\u2019s family had gathered for a Sunday afternoon barbecue<\/a>, with children and relatives on the porch, a neighbor said. The neighbor \u2014 who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation \u2014 said the couple were \u201cquiet\u201d and \u201cfriendly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to Perry\u2019s arrest and conviction and have asked anyone with information to contact the department\u2019s homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or its tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n

Staff writer Ellie Rushing contributed to this article. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to article \u2022\u00a00:00 min The gunfire that killed a North Philadelphia woman and wounded her husband as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70,111994],"class_list":["post-265182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-strawberry-mansion-shooting-retribution-police-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}