They Threw Passes into a Crowd on a Busy Train Platform.
As reported by WPVI 6:
The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said Wednesday that the charges for two people accused of fatally shooting a 16-year-old bystander at a Center City SEPTA station have been upgraded to murder.
Tyshaun Welles was shot on January 11 on the westbound SEPTA platform at the 15th Street Station at 15th and Market streets in Center City Philadelphia. He was taken to Thomas Jefferson Hospital in critical condition but later died from his injuries.
Quadir Humphrey, 18, and Zaire Wilson, 16, are now facing charges of murder, conspiracy and other related offenses, the district attorney's office said.
Those charges were upgraded from the original aggravated assault charge following Welles' death.
Investigators believe the deadly shooting stemmed from a disturbance involving a large group of juveniles on the SEPTA platform.
Witnesses said they saw two people, later identified as Humphrey and Wilson, engaging in conversation on the east end of the platform before one of them, believed to be Humphrey, pulled out a gun and fired into the crowd, striking Welles.
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