Philly Mass Shooting Suspect Identified As Transgender BLM Supporter
The suspect in a deadly mass shooting in Philadelphia that left five men dead and two children injured has been identified as a transgender Black Lives Matter (BLM) supporter.
On Monday evening at around 8:30 p.m., police responded to gunfire in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia. Officers chased the suspect while he continued to fire his gun, according to Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw. Police recovered dozens of shell casings from the shooting that were scattered over an eight-block area.
The suspect — who was reportedly armed with a rifle, pistol, extra magazines, a police scanner and a bulletproof vest — killed five people during his rampage. The victims have been identified as 20-year-old Lashyd Merritt, 29-year-old Dymir Stanton, 59-year-old Ralph Moralis, 15-year-old Daujan Brown and 31-year-old Joseph Wamah.
Police are still investigating to determine a motive for the mass shooting.
“We have absolutely no idea why this happened,” Outlaw told local news outlet Fox 29. “At this point, all we know is that this person left their home and decided to target individuals.”
“You can see there are several scenes out here,” she added. “We’re canvassing the area to get as much as we can, to identify witnesses, to identify where cameras are located, and to do everything to figure out the why.”
“Thank God our officers responded as quickly as they did. I can’t even describe the level of bravery and courage that was shown,” the police commissioner concluded.
The suspect has since been identified as a 40-year-old man who calls himself Kimbrady Carriker.
According to the New York Post, the suspect had posted on social media in support of BLM — and had shared images of himself on Facebook wearing “a bra, a women’s top and earrings with his hair braided long.”
The Daily Mail also reported on Carriker’s social media, revealing that he had shared bizarre messages such as “How do you know if an evil spirit is following you” — as well as a map listing “black massacres” across the U.S. with the caption “We kept the receipts.”
In another social media post, the suspect shared an image of himself holding a pistol with the caption “Wherefore art thou opposition so I may slide upon thine block and runneth down on thee.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer spoke with 49-year-old Tina Rossette, who lived with Carriker in 2021. Rossette told the outlet that Carriker had “an aggressive approach to some things in life” — adding that he had often showed her his handgun and “was trying to get me comfortable around guns and stuff like that.”
When her family moved out in 2022, Rossette believed that Carriker had been in “a dark place” at the time.
