Daily News | As shootings and carjackings climb at Philly gas stations, victims and grieving families file lawsuits
Just after 9:30 a.m on March 22, Rasheen Naseeb Robinson pulled his car into the Liberty gas station in East Kensington and stopped in its convenience store. When Robinson, 22, headed back to his car, a gunman shot him five times, including once in the head. Minutes later he died.
The slayings are a tiny fraction of the total number of homicides committed citywide — a record 562 homicides in 2021, and just off that pace so far in 2022. But new data from the Philadelphia Police Department show that they’re part of a chilling trend and speak to the universality of the problem: For motorists, all roads lead to gas stations.
As the search for answers continues, people who have suffered losses grieve. “It took my soul,” Corliss Jackson said in explaining how the slaying of her son, Robinson, has altered her life. “I am alive. I am breathing, but internally I am empty.”Other violent crimes at gas stations have soared, according to police data. Carjackings have more than quadrupled, with 30 so far this year, up from seven last year. There were none between 2018 and 2020.
The police are trying to figure out what’s behind the surge. What they know so far: It’s not isolated to any specific neighborhood. In the meantime, they’re advising motorists to be on guard when driving onto a station lot. They should be cautious of people loitering around pumps.
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