U.S. Marshals arrested a 35-year-old man Friday morning on the 2600 block of North 2nd Street in Philadelphia, accusing him of shooting a 15-year-old boy in the back outside a Frankford corner store back in June. Rashid Izzard was taken into custody at 10:30 a.m.; NBC10 reported that he had absconded from Pennsylvania state parole supervision.
According to NBC10 Philadelphia, Izzard was wanted in connection with a June 16 shooting on the 2300 block of Margaret Street. That is the same shooting cbsnews.com described at the time, reporting that a 15-year-old boy was shot in the back after walking out of a corner store in the Frankford neighborhood on a Tuesday night. Police told the outlet the shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. on that same block of Margaret Street.
The teen was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was placed in critical condition, per the same account from cbsnews.com. At the time of that initial report, police said a motive remained under investigation and no arrests had been made. 6abc.com also covered the shooting in the immediate aftermath, reporting only that the boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Parole Absconder Also Wanted in Armed Robbery
Beyond the shooting allegation, NBC10 Philadelphia reported that Izzard had absconded from his Pennsylvania state parole, and that he was separately wanted in connection with an armed robbery on Sept. 4 on the 1800 block of East Schiller Street, according to U.S. Marshals.
Pennsylvania law gives the state parole board discretion to revoke parole when a paroled offender is convicted, found guilty, or pleads guilty or nolo contendere to a crime punishable by imprisonment, according to Pennsylvania General Assembly, Title 61, Section 6138. The same statute states that an absconded parole violator who cannot safely be diverted to a community corrections facility is ineligible for detention under the brief-sanctions program and instead must be detained in or recommitted to a state correctional institution or contracted county jail. It is not established whether that provision applies to Izzard's case specifically.
Second Arrest Tied to September Shooting
U.S. Marshals also arrested 29-year-old Walmin Vincente-Arzeno on Friday at 6:30 a.m. on the 6600 block of Gillespie Street in Philadelphia, the station reported. Vincente-Arzeno was wanted in connection with a Sept. 7 shooting on the 4600 block of Edmund Street.
The same Pennsylvania statute notes that parole violators who are not convicted parole violators may be detained pending a board hearing or waiver, or recommitted after a hearing or waiver takes place.
