A 22-year-old Philadelphia man has been handed a substantial prison sentence for the 2021 slayings of three teens, as confirmed by District Attorney Larry Krasner's office. Arshad Curry, identified as a member of the gang Young Bag Chasers (YBC), has been sentenced to serve between 42-and-a-half and 85 years in prison. According to NBC Philadelphia, the conviction was the result of a guilty plea involving the shooting death of two teens in July 2021 and a third teen in September of the same year.

Behind the bars he will not see, Curry's sentence followed his plea to charges of third-degree murder, conspiracy, attempted murder, and assault of a law enforcement officer. In the July attack, 18-year-old Tommie Frazier and 16-year-old Kaylin Johnson were killed when Curry opened fire on their vehicle at a West Philadelphia intersection. Another individual in the car, while not the intended target, was injured. FOX 29 reported that Curry also ambushed Sidney Sessoms, 19, at his Port Richmond home later that year, wounding Sessoms' father in the process.

During the investigation, data from Curry's phone and forensic evidence played critical roles in securing his guilty plea. 6abc noted that Curry had opened fire on two police officers while fleeing from the scene where the father and son were shot, but fortunately, the officers sustained no injuries. Emily Johnson, mother of victim Kaylin Johnson, spoke at a press event, addressing the loss and the continued torment she faced as Curry and his affiliates allegedly taunted her following her son's death.

DA Larry Krasner, while discussing the conviction, took a stern stance against the violent activities of the YBC gang. "The new name is you've been charged and the newer name is you've been convicted," Krasner told FOX 29, reflecting on the fate that has befallen multiple members of the gang. His office highlighted the impact of the convictions on the communities that were once under the gang's shadow, attributing a measurable improvement in those neighborhoods to the dismantling of YBC's core.