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A young Philadelphia man was sentenced in a shooting at a SEPTA station that left a teen boy dead more than two years ago.

In January 2025, Quadir Humphrey, 19, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, aggravated assault and other offenses in connection to the death of 16-year-old Tyshaun Welles. On Friday, June 6, 2025, Humphrey was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison.

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On Jan. 11, 2024, Humphrey was at SEPTA’s 15 th Street Station when he pulled out a gun and opened fire at a crowd of mostly young people. Welles was shot and taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries a few days later on Jan. 16, 2024.

Police arrested Humphrey and a second teenager in connection to We

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