A 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy is facing a murder charge after authorities say a 73-year-old man was fatally beaten by a group of juveniles in North Philadelphia last month.
The elderly victim, James Lambert Jr., was walking on the 2100 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue when he was brutally attacked by a group of juveniles, four boys and three girls, around 2:30 a.m. on June 24.
Seven juveniles were seen in surveillance footage surrounding and recording the 73-year-old man as some group members hit him in the head with a traffic cone.
Police say Lambert was knocked to the ground and later died from blunt force trauma to the head. His death was ruled a homicide.
More than two weeks later, two brothers surrendered to authorities in connection to the fatal attack. A 14-year-old boy, identified as Richard Jones, has been charged as an adult with murder and criminal conspiracy after investigators say he was the first to hit the elderly man with a traffic cone.
His 10-year-old brother was reportedly released after not being charged with crime.
Police also say they have identified a third female suspect, who is seen striking the victim at least three times in the surveillance video. She may have hit him a fourth time off-camera, according to investigators.
