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A 30-year-old man wanted for the shooting deaths of two teenagers in an ambush in Philadelphia was arrested at a Bucks County motel Wednesday night, a federal agent said. Axel Barreto, who also allegedly wounded two other teens in the same attack in the city's Juniata Park section, was arrested at the Knights Inn in Bensalem around 9 p.m., said Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal John Patrignani.
Barreto, who was with a woman, was not armed and did not resist arrest by Philadelphia police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Patrignani said.
On Tuesday night, seven teenage boys were packed into the Toyota Corolla, sitting on top of each other, when the car pulled over on the 1500 block of East Luzerne Street. It was about 10:30, and the boys were looking for a fight, police said.
It started in school with an argument between some of the friends in the car and a group of three teenage brothers, spilled onto Facebook with threats, and culminated with plans to settle the matter with a physical battle.
As the boys waited, a man in a gray hoodie came out of a house and approached them. Spooked, the kids drove around to the back of the house, but moments later, police said the same man emerged from the back door, and ran up to the passenger side.
He then fired 10 to 12 shots into the car at point-blank range.
Joshua Soto, 14, of North Philadelphia, and Javier Orlandi, 16, of Kensington, were shot and pronounced dead within a half-hour. Another 14-year-old remained on life support Wednesday night. The 16-year-old driver of the car was hit in the neck and was listed in stable condition at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Police on Wednesday identified the shooter as Barreto, the 30-year-old stepfather of the three brothers.
"There very easily could have been seven dead teenagers in that car. He just randomly fired," said Homicide Capt. James Clark.
A search of the car has turned up no weapons, Clark said.
Police do not know what sparked the initial argument, which Clark said started in school between two different groups of teenagers from different neighborhoods.
Asked whether police are concerned that friends of the victims might commit retaliatory acts of violence, Clark said police will apprise the teenagers' schools of the situation and brief police officers in their neighborhoods.
Barreto, who was with a woman, was not armed and did not resist arrest by Philadelphia police officers and members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, Patrignani said.
On Tuesday night, seven teenage boys were packed into the Toyota Corolla, sitting on top of each other, when the car pulled over on the 1500 block of East Luzerne Street. It was about 10:30, and the boys were looking for a fight, police said.
It started in school with an argument between some of the friends in the car and a group of three teenage brothers, spilled onto Facebook with threats, and culminated with plans to settle the matter with a physical battle.
As the boys waited, a man in a gray hoodie came out of a house and approached them. Spooked, the kids drove around to the back of the house, but moments later, police said the same man emerged from the back door, and ran up to the passenger side.
He then fired 10 to 12 shots into the car at point-blank range.
Joshua Soto, 14, of North Philadelphia, and Javier Orlandi, 16, of Kensington, were shot and pronounced dead within a half-hour. Another 14-year-old remained on life support Wednesday night. The 16-year-old driver of the car was hit in the neck and was listed in stable condition at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Police on Wednesday identified the shooter as Barreto, the 30-year-old stepfather of the three brothers.
"There very easily could have been seven dead teenagers in that car. He just randomly fired," said Homicide Capt. James Clark.
A search of the car has turned up no weapons, Clark said.
Police do not know what sparked the initial argument, which Clark said started in school between two different groups of teenagers from different neighborhoods.
Asked whether police are concerned that friends of the victims might commit retaliatory acts of violence, Clark said police will apprise the teenagers' schools of the situation and brief police officers in their neighborhoods.
