PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Police say one of the men injured in a shooting and stabbing this weekend in the Germantown section of Philadelphia is a homicide suspect wanted in two states.
Arkel Garcia, 31, was one of two people involved in an altercation Sunday afternoon on the 5200 block of Germantown Avenue, investigators said.
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Garcia was previously convicted of murder in 2013 and later released. He is accused of killing a 58-year-old man in Philadelphia on Nov. 12 and is also wanted for questioning in a Nov. 28 homicide in Florida.
Garcia suffered stab and gunshot wounds during Sunday’s incident and is in critical condition. A second victim, a 34-year-old man, arrived at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the arm and was listed in stable condition.
Police said another man told investigators he shot Garcia after Garcia allegedly shot the 34-year-old victim during a physical altercation. The man said he struck and stabbed Garcia while trying to protect others and during a struggle over a gun.
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