PA- Ex-Boyfriend Arrested, Charged With Killing Mom in Front of Her Twin Sons

[JoeFromLB]

Police arrested a man accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend as she walked her twin sons home from school in Philadelphia last week.

On Friday at 3:11 p.m., Sykea Patton, 24, was walking with her twin 4-year-old sons along the 800 block of North Preston Street when a gunman opened fire.

Patton was shot multiple times in the torso. She was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 3:44 p.m.

“I’m suffering today,” Sykea’s father, Joseph Patton, told NBC10 during a vigil for his daughter on Saturday. “I lost my daughter because of senseless gun violence. She didn’t deserve what happened to her. No woman deserves that.”

Ex-Boyfriend Arrested, Charged With Killing Mom in Front of Her Twin Sons

 

[Filly]

Imagine those poor kids seeing this?

Thank you for the stats as well @JoeFromLB . I knew alot of women were being shot just from our daily TV news. I didn't know it was that astronomical.

 

[MajorHoople]

Hello Filly,

There seems to be more crime and murder than usual. Here's another site:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gun Violence Memorial

 

[Filly]

Hello Filly,

There seems to be more crime and murder than usual. Here's another site:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gun Violence Memorial

Thank you for that link @MajorHoople . I had not seen it.

Yesterday marked a tragic milestone for Philadelphia when a 55 year old woman was shot and killed in South Philly.

Our homicide rate reached 500.

Prayers to the families of all the victims. It will be an awful Thanksgiving for them.