Overview
- Tyree Ware, 30, and Quaneef Lee, 16, were shot shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday on the 500 block of West Queen Lane and were pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital around 5:30 p.m.
- Detectives say the meetup was for a Rolex Ware had listed for sale online, and the watch was later found inside his vehicle.
- Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said three guns were used in the exchange of gunfire, with only one recovered at the scene as officers collected 11 shell casings.
- A 9mm handgun was found next to Ware beside his silver Nissan Maxima, which had its driver’s door open, while Lee was discovered behind the sedan with a chest wound.
- Police are working to identify the man who accompanied Lee, whom a law enforcement source says attempted to rob Ware at gunpoint before shots were fired.