Phoenixville Police Issue Warrant For Attempted Homicide

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — A warrant has been issued for a shooting and an attempted homicide which occurred in Phoenixville in September.

Police said that Mustafa Thompson, 31, is wanted in connection to the Sept. 2 incident, which occurred on the 500 block of Ringold Street, authorities said.

No further information about the shooting was immediately available on Monday.

Thompson should be considered armed and dangerous, authorities said. He has previously been charged with simple assault and strangulation in unrelated cases, according to court documents.

The shooting, previously unreported by authorities, is one of two incidents which occurred in the borough in September. On Sept. 28, Keyon La-Shawn Carpenter, 21, shot and killed Joshua Mitchell, 20, after an argument in the Children's Plaza in downtown Phoenixville.

Carpenter was arrested in Philadelphia on Sept. 29.

If you have any information on the Sept. 2 shooting or Thompson's whereabouts, please contact Sgt. Patrick Mark at (610) 933-1180, extension 815.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.

Image via Phoenixville Police Department.