Preliminary hearing for suspect charged in South Street mass shooting scheduled for Friday

[The Bobster]

Preliminary hearing for suspect charged in South Street mass shooting scheduled for Friday

Rashaan Vereen is accused of starting the fight that spiraled into chaos and gunfire that killed three people and injured 11 others on June 4.

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Preliminary hearing for suspect charged in South Street mass shooting scheduled for Friday​

By CBS3 Staff

September 23, 2022 / 5:24 AM / CBS Philadelphia







PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A preliminary hearing for one of the suspects charged in the South Street mass shooting is scheduled for Friday. Rashaan Vereen is accused of starting the fight that spiraled into chaos and gunfire that killed three people and injured 11 others on June 4.

Vereen faces criminal attempted murder, aggravated assault and related charges.

Earlier this month, a preliminary hearing was held for three other suspects, where a judge upheld first-degree murder charges.

 

[The Bobster]

South Street mass shooting suspect has preliminary hearing

Rashaan Vereen is accused of starting the fight that led to the gunfire that killed three people and injured eleven others on June 4.

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South Street mass shooting suspect has preliminary hearing​

By CBS3 Staff

November 17, 2022 / 12:37 PM / CBS Philadelphia





PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- One of the suspects charged in the South Street mass shooting had a preliminary hearing Thursday.
Rashaan Vereen is accused of starting the fight that led to the gunfire that killed three people and injured eleven others on June 4. He's been charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault.
In September, a judge held a preliminary hearing for three other suspects.
At the hearing, a judge set a formal arraignment for December 1.

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Man accused of starting fight that led to 2022 South Street mass shooting sentenced​

By Joe Brandt

March 20, 2024 / 2:06 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Rashaan Vereen, a man who investigators said started a fight that led to a mass shooting on South Street two years ago, has now been sentenced, according to court documents.

Vereen, 36, will face nine to 23 months in prison after being found guilty of simple assault, the records say.

Investigators previously told CBS News Philadelphia that Vereen started a fight in front of Rita's Italian Ice that led to the June 4, 2022, shooting near the 200 block of South Street.

Three people were killed and 11 were injured in the shooting. The sounds of gunshots sent crowds running on a warm spring night and changed how police patrolled.

In 2022, police said there was a fight between two men who pulled out guns and shot each other. That led to a group of people down the street to fire in the direction where the gunshots came from - despite there being hundreds of bystanders nearby.





Two teenagers were charged with murder in the shooting. Vereen was later found guilty of simple assault, conspiracy to commit simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.

The charges also include a mandatory term of probation after release from prison.

Vereen was taken into custody outside his home in South Philadelphia two days after the shooting.

Man accused of starting fight that led to 2022 South Street mass shooting sentenced

Investigators said Rashaan Vereen started a fight outside Rita's Italian Ice that sparked the mass shooting on Philadelphia's South Street in 2022.

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