A Montgomery County man has been charged with trafficking 15 guns — two of them linked to multiple shootings, including three homicides in Philadelphia, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Tamir Hartsock, 23, of Glenside, is facing numerous gun trafficking charges, conspiracy, and related crimes after Montgomery County prosecutors say he bought more than a dozen guns then resold them to people barred from buying weapons themselves, a practice known as straw purchasing.
Only four of the 15 guns Hartsock purchased have been recovered, said Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele. Two other guns were recovered after shootings, and subsequent ballistic tests linked them to a total of seven shooting scenes with a combined 14 victims, authorities said. On Jan. 15, 2021, a shooting occurred at 5043 Greene St. in Germantown. No one was injured, but numerous shell casings that matched the gun were recovered.Just two weeks later, on Aug. 19, five people were shot outside a barbershop on the 5100 block of Germantown Avenue. A 28-year-old man was killed.
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