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Investigators are searching for answers as to why someone wearing a ski mask and
body armor went on an apparently random shooting spree in Philadelphia on the
eve of the Fourth of July, gunning down five people.

"This armed and armored individual wreaked havoc, firing with a rifle at their
victims, seemingly at random," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
said during a press conference Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Police Department received 911 calls about a shooting near
Chester Street in the city's Kingsessing neighborhood on Monday night just
before 8:30 p.m. ET. Gunfire was heard in several areas near the first location
during the shooting, according to police.




The suspect -- identified by police as Kimbrady Carriker, 40, of Philadelphia --
was arraigned Wednesday morning on multiple counts of murder and attempted
murder, as well as aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, carrying a firearm
without a license and other charges. The suspect is being held without bail and
a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for July 24, court records show.



Five people died after being shot multiple times, according to police. The
victims were identified by police as Daujan Brown, 15; Lashyd Merritt, 20; Ralph
Moralis, 59; Dymir Stanton, 29; and Joseph Wamah, Jr., 31.


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Kingsessing resident Theo James said he heard a young man screaming for "help"
before realizing there were multiple gunshot victims.

"After I helped him out, I saw another person down the street, discovered them
and helped them out. And one more person," James told WPVI.

Surveillance video obtained by Philadelphia ABC station WPVI appears to show a
person shooting at a nearby intersection.




Lashyd Merritt's mother, Marie Merritt, said her son was headed to a store
across the street from their home when he was shot dead, telling WPVI, "It's
like I feel him saying, 'Why me, why me, why me?'"



Two unidentified children, as young as 2, were injured during the shooting while
traveling in a car with their mother. One suffered an eye injury from shattered
glass and the other was shot in the leg, according to police.

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Police said responding officers came under fire as they pursued the suspect that
night, arresting Carriker in a rear alley of Frazier Street after a brief chase
on foot. The officers did not return fire and Carriker ultimately surrendered,
police said.

Carriker allegedly used an AR-15-style rifle, which was recovered by police. A 9
mm handgun, magazines and a police scanner were also found on the individual,
according to police.

ABC News' Victoria Arancio, Trevor Ault, Joshua Hoyos, Aaron Katersky, Josh
Margolin and Jason Volack contributed to this report.




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Hundreds of protesters flocked to the streets of Tel Aviv on Wednesday night to
protest against the forced resignation of the Israeli city’s police chief.

Carrying Israeli flags and chanting “democracy!”, the crowds blocked a major
highway and lit fires, angered over the ouster of Tel Aviv District Commander
Ami Eshed. Police, some mounted on horseback, pushed back the crowds with water
cannons. So why was Eshed forced to quit on Wednesday, and why did so many
people come out in his support?




NO TO ‘UNREASONABLE FORCE’

Eshed’s critics have accused him of being too soft on protestors who for months
have been demonstrating against proposed changes to Israel’s judicial system.



On Wednesday, he said that members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s
government’s far-right cabinet had wanted him to use excessive force against the
protesters.

“I could have easily met these expectations by using unreasonable force that
would have filled up the emergency room of Ichilov [a hospital in Tel Aviv] at
the end of every protest,” Eshed said in a televised statement in which he
announced his resignation.

Eshed’s refusal to comply with orders demanding a tougher crackdown has brought
him support from protesters. The weekly protests have seen hundreds of thousands
of Israelis take to the streets of the country’s cities.

Netanyahu’s government says the proposed judicial changes are vital to
rebalancing powers between legislators and the judiciary, but critics say they
will grant the government unrestrained power and upend the country’s system of
checks and balances.





WHY WAS ESHED FORCED TO QUIT?

Continued pressure from the Israeli cabinet to use excessive force against
protestors forced the commander to resign, who cited political intervention as
the reason for his decision.



Eshed said he couldn’t live up to the expectations of “the ministerial echelon”,
who he accused of breaking rules and interfering in professional
decision-making.

“For the first time in three decades of service, I encountered an absurd reality
in which ensuring calm and order was not what was required of me but precisely
the opposite,” he said. “I am paying an intolerably heavy personal price for my
choice to avert a civil war.”

Eshed did not name him in his resignation announcement, but the bulk of the
pressure to wield an iron fist against the anti-government protests came from
far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

The hardline official, who holds past convictions for support for terrorism and
incitement, has had rocky relations with Eshed ever since he was appointed to
serve as the police force’s overseeing minister.




BEN-GVIR VS ESHED: WHAT’S GOING ON?

In March, Ben-Gvir demoted Eshed to the head of the police training department
after blasting his handling of the judicial reform protests. The minister had at
first wanted to dismiss Eshed entirely.



That demotion was subsequently frozen by Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara,
who said the transfer was politically motivated, the Times of Israel reported.

But the move deepened the rift between the two officials, with Ben-Gvir accusing
Eshed of siding with protestors and succumbing to the demands of “the left”.

Upon Eshed’s announcement to resign, Ben-Gvir said in a televised statement that
the former police chief had crossed a dangerous line.

“Politics has seeped into the most senior ranks in Israel and a uniformed
officer has caved to senior politicians on the left,” he said.

Ben-Gvir followed up with a tweet mocking Eshed: “The words of Ami Eshed tonight
prove that a political superintendent served in uniform in the Israel police. I
wish him great success in his future as a candidate in the next elections in the
left party.”




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