US marshals arrest man wanted in deadly July shooting at Nicetown birthday party

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — U.S. marshals arrested a man on Wednesday wanted for a deadly mass shooting at a birthday party over the summer in the Nicetown section of North Philadelphia.

Lawrence Coleman, 25, was apprehended in Virginia Beach on Wednesday. Philadelphia police said he was involved in a shooting that happened on July 26, which left two men dead and a woman and her 7-year-old daughter injured.

According to police, the shooting broke out when an argument between at least two men escalated at a birthday party taking place along West Hunting Park Avenue, near 19th Street…

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