Maryland teen charged in deadly shooting of teen girl inside Philly home

A Maryland teenager is now charged in a shooting that left a teen girl dead inside a North Philadelphia home.

Anas Bey, 18, of Greenbelt, Maryland, was arrested and charged with third-degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime, involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person, Philadelphia police confirmed on Friday.

The shooting occurred shortly before 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 14, inside a home on the 2400 block of North Colorado Street. When police arrived to the home, they found a semiconscious 16-year-old girl inside suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

The teen was taken to Temple University Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 6:46 p.m. that evening, police confirmed.

Police have not yet revealed the teen’s identity. They said she did not live at the home where she was shot but often visited family and friends at the property.

Investigators determined the girl was shot inside a rear bedroom on the second floor of the home where they found a spent shell casing from a semiautomatic weapon, a loaded magazine and blood. In all, police recovered two semiautomatic handguns from the home, according to officials.

Police said an 18-year-old man, later identified as Anas Bey, was inside the room with the girl at the time of the shooting. Bey was taken into custody. Police at the time said the shooting may have been accidental. While Bey is now charged in the shooting, investigators have not yet released all the details on what led to the incident.

Police also said there were about 10 people inside the home, including children under the age of five, at the time of the shooting. They interviewed several witnesses and also looked at surveillance videos.

Neighbors described the victim as a “nice girl.”

“She always says hello to me, I say hello to her. That’s about it,” a neighbor told NBC10. “She doesn’t bother anybody so she doesn’t deserve what she got.”