The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has announced murder charges for two men taken into custody following Saturday's mass shooting on South Street.
Qaadir Dukes-Hill, 18, of Drexel Hill, and Nahjee Whittington, 17, of Philadelphia, are both facing murder charges, authorities said. Hill is charged in the death of Alexis Quinn, while Whittington is accused in the death Kristopher Minners, 22.Both men were arrested at an apartment in Richmond, Virginia, late Thursday morning by federal marshals, Philadelphia officials said at a news conference. They will be extradited to face charges in Philadelphia and will not be given bail.
The minimum legal age for purchasing handguns in Pennsylvania is 21. Dukes-Hill and Whittington will be formally arraigned upon extradition to Philadelphia.
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