Prosecutors in Philadelphia announced charges Friday against a teen accused of several deadly shootings, including the highly publicized murder of a local rapper.
Aiden Waters, 16, is accused of shooting 25-year-old Abdul Vicks to death in broad daylight on a North Philadelphia street last month. Vicks is believed to have been involved in the street gang YBC – Young Bag Chasers – and was known publicly by his rap name YBC Dul.In a light rain near a basketball court in Olney, D.A. Krasner reported he’s charged the teenager with the killing of two and the wounding of others as part of a "shooting group" known as "Fast Break.
Waters' alleged violent rapsheet also includes a double shooting a day earlier in Crescentville that injured a 14-year-old and a 43-year-old.Prosecutors say Waters has been charged with multiple counts of murder for each of the deadly shootings, and faces a number of other violent offenses, including attempted murder, aggravated assault, and gun charges.Assistant District Attorney Cydney Pope said, "It’s clout chasing, that’s what we call it.
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