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PHILADELPHIA (FOX 29) – Authorities claim that an armed man who apparently came to a park in South Philadelphia following a brawl between women opened fire on a large group, killing the son of a senior police official from the city.
Captain Jason Smith said Nicholas Flacco, 20, was with a group at FDR Park on Saturday night after a draw against the Phillies. Several fights between women broke out and an unidentified woman was heard threatening to "phone her man to make him fear".
Police said that a man with a revolver arrived and fired a revolver in the air and on the side. He left but came back 10 or 15 minutes later and shot Flacco.
"They challenged them to shoot them," said Philadelphia Police Captain Jason Smith. "They told us that they did not believe that the weapon was real at that time."
Flacco was shot in the chest and taken to the Presbyterian Medical Center in Penn, but died shortly thereafter.
Flacco is the son of Chris Flacco, Chief Inspector of Internal Affairs at the Philadelphia Police Department. The authorities claim that he was a student at Penn State University and had gone home on weekends to celebrate his birthday.
The Philadelphia Fraternal Police College (FOP Lodge 5) announced a $ 10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in the shootings. Local 22 of the Philadelphia Fire and Paramedic Union is contributing $ 5,000. The city of Philadelphia is offering a standard reward of $ 20,000 for information leading to arrest in all homicides. A total of 35,000 USD is therefore offered in the case of Flacco.
FOP Lodge 5 President John McNesby described the killing as "a senseless act of violence".
The Saturday night shootout was one of five homicides committed this weekend in Philadelphia. The city has now registered 80 homicides this year, eight more than this time in 2018.
"It's extremely frustrating," said Captain Smith. "If the community got together, we would not have this problem – certainly not at this point."
Anyone with information is asked to call the Philadelphia Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or 215-686-TIPS.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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