PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Five Philadelphia men have been sentenced for their roles in a series of carjackings and multiple murders in and around the city.
The year-long operation began in October 2021. Prosecutors said a rotating group of carjackers held up dozens of people at gunpoint to take their cars. One victim was targeted twice in the span of one month and shot in the leg both times. The goal was to sell stolen cars to African resellers.
On Feb. 6, 2022, three of the five men who were sentenced Monday — Mikal McCracken, 24, Amin Muse, 24, and Aleem Abdul-Hakim, 23 — carjacked and fatally shot a former Marine. McCracken committed the murder…