A man pleaded guilty to killing five people and injuring five others during a mass shooting spree in Philadelphia’s Kingsessing neighborhood more than two years ago.
On Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, a judge accepted 43-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, guilty plea to five counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder. Carriker was sentenced to 37 ½ to 75 years in prison.
Carriker was arrested more than two years ago after he went on a shooting spree in Kingsessing on July 3, 2023, starting at the intersection of 56th and Chester streets. The shooting left four people dead and five others injured. Police also said Carriker killed another man in Kingsessing the night before on July 2.
The four victims who were killed on July 3, 2023, were identified as Lashyd Merritt, 20, Dymir Stanton, 29, Ralph Moralis, 59, and Daujan Brown, 15. The victim who was killed on July 2, 2023, was identified as 31-year-old Joseph Wamah Jr.
Family members of the victims were present during Carriker’s guilty plea on Wednesday.
During his arrest, Carriker was wearing body armor while carrying an AR-15-style gun.
In August of 2023, Carriker was considered unfit for trial after a psychiatrist ordered him to undergo 60 days of inpatient mental health treatment.
Carriker was then found competent and fit for trial in March of 2024.
The incident led to an evaluation of the Philadelphia Police Department’s dispatch system, as officers called to the scene of Wamah’s slaying on the night before the deadly shooting spree, were sent to the wrong location.
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