‘He didn’t deserve this’: Mom mourns son killed in brazen daytime shooting in Philadelphia

Lisa Dixon is among the many rising listing of grieving moms after her son, Brandon Dixon, was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon at a Liberty fuel station on the 1000 block of East Mount Ethereal Avenue.

She confirmed up Wednesday on the scene of the crime struggling to make sense of what occurred.

“I am simply damage. I am looking for solutions. I simply must see him. I got here again right here as a result of I simply have to be the place he was final alive,” she stated combating again tears.

Surveillance video from the scene reveals two individuals get out of a pink automobile and chase down the sufferer whereas firing.

Brandon Dixon was shot a number of occasions and later died at Einstein Medical Middle.

He’s now amongst a whole bunch of individuals shot throughout daytime.

“He did not deserve this. He did not deserve this. My son didn’t need to die like this,” Lisa Dixon stated.

Motion Information gained entry to surveillance movies displaying three such shootings over the previous week alone.

There was a time when shootings “in broad daylight” had been comparatively unusual, however the Motion Information Information Journalism Workforce discovered the statistics revealing daytime shootings, year-to-date, have elevated over the previous few years.

Up to now, we’re on par with final 12 months’s numbers.

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw admits it is a matter.

“There hasn’t been a time, or a time restriction, on this type of exercise. We have been seeing it, whether or not it is within the morning, or within the afternoon or at evening. So, that is why we ask everybody to stay vigilant.”

Benjamin Pickard, of East Mount Ethereal, stated he determined to fortify his vigilance by buying and registering a handgun of his personal.

“I am not even that type of one who makes use of weapons or something,” he stated. “However it’s unhappy it’s important to defend your self. Not even simply youngsters, from highway rage at this time.”

Daytime carjackings have been rising over the previous a number of years, officers stated.

No arrests have been made in reference to Dixon’s loss of life. Anybody with details about the taking pictures ought to name police.