A posting on Facebook is what led police to an Allentown man charged with attempted homicide in a shooting last week in Bethlehem.
Charged is Tariq Deshon Page, 23, of the 800 block of North Ninth Street. He was arrested Saturday and arraigned before District Judge Nancy Matos-Gonzalez, who set bail at 10 percent of $500,000.
City officers at 10:46 p.m. Thursday were dispatched to a rooming house in the 500 block of Cherokee Street for a fight in progress and a male shot in the abdomen. Officers found Alan Young, also known as “Abdulla Hakeen,” in the living room unresponsive and administered CPR, according to police.
Young, believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, remained unresponsive and was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill. He remained in intensive care on Saturday; police Chief Mark DiLuzio was not immediately available for information Monday.
Witnesses told police Page initially fled the house, but returned at one point prior to officers arriving at the scene.
Allentown man charged with attempted homicide in Bethlehem shooting
Krizdaliz Diaz initially told police she was with an unknown male wearing a blue shirt; Lyle Jones; Brianna Smith; and Teayahe Glover, the victim’s girlfriend; when they went to a liquor store to buy peach alcohol. When she returned home, Diaz reported hearing two shots that sounded like blank gunshots.
Diaz then saw Young bleeding and heard Page outside allegedly yelling, “I don’t give a f—.” Glover closed the door and Page allegedly kicked it in to re-enter the home.
Diaz told police she was trying to get inside to get her baby.
A witness later tipped investigators off to a Facebook Live video allegedly posted by Page the night of the shooting showing him rapping while panning the camera to Young, Glover and Smith. Page also is holding a handgun in the video, according to police.
The witness told police Young had been arguing with Page and Page threatened him earlier that day. Court records do not state what the argument was about.
Police obtained a search warrant and seized two .328 shell casings and a projectile — both found initially underneath Young’s body — a jacket with a hole in it and multiple cellphones, as well as a Cobra handgun. The handgun was found in the basement hidden behind a furnace and the ammo magazine was found in a mudroom, according to police.
Page had deleted the video from his Facebook account, but investigators were able to find it on Smith’s Facebook page. The video depicted Page as the male wearing the blue shirt, which didn’t match Diaz’s account of events, according to police.
Investigators tied the handgun Page is holding in the video to the handgun seized at the crime scene. Police said the gun is unique, having pistol grips and silver discoloration on the right upper receiver where the serial number is scratched off.
Page is a convicted felon and not allowed to possess a firearm.
Aside from criminal homicide, Page is charged with prohibited offensive weapons, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and persons not to possess a firearm. In lieu of bail, Page was sent to Northampton County Prison, where he remained Monday.
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