by Alex Lloyd Gross
Bishop
Chris Byard, 27, was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and related charges, while his co defendant Daquan Bishop, 28, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder. Byard was sentenced to three consecutive life terms and Bishop was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. The two were found guilty yesterday afternoon .
Police said this stemmed from a gang territory dispute. The shootings occurred in northeast and northwest Philadelphia between November 2021 and February 2022. The violence stemmed from an ongoing feud between the defendants’ gang, “6600,” and a rival gang in Northeast Philadelphia. One of the shootings happened on the 7700 block of Cedarbrook Avenue in 2021, police said.
Accorirding to the Attorney General’s office, the two shot and killed Angel Rivera, Jr. on November 27, 2021, on the 500 block of W. Duncannon Avenue, the murder of Tymir Johnson on December 15, 2021, on the 3100 block of Barnett Street and a shooting that left the victim paralyzed on February 7, 2022. Byard was also convicted of the murder of Rasaan Frazier on January 11, 2022, on the 4000 block of Aldine Street in Mayfair.
During the trial, the Office of Attorney General presented video evidence from three separate shootings that showed Bishop and Byard firing multiple shots at the intended targets before fleeing in their car. The fourth shooting involved Byard and a rival gang member. According to testimony, Byard admitted to shooting that victim 19 times, leaving the man paralyzed from the waist-down.
Four other people were injured in the shootings. In fact, officials said that one person that was shot had nothing to do with any gang. Bishop and Byard thought he was a gang member in a case of mistaken identity.
Cell phone usage was also used, along with firearms forensics to link the two to the shootings. Authorities said that another defendant, 27-year-old Daquan Bethea — pleaded guilty in October 2024 to attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and firearms not to be carried without a license, and was sentenced to serve up to 15 years in prison.