Elkins Park Resident Pleads Guilty To Philly Carjacking and Shooting
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Niyaz Burgess, 20, of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania could be spending the rest of his life in federal prison when he is sentenced February 15, 2027. Burgess entered a guilty plea to charges of carjacking and using, carrying, and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
According to police, it was back on July 14,2024, when he carjacked and shot a man on the 6600 block of Limekiln Pike in Philadelphia, driving away in the victim’s vehicle. The victim suffered two gunshot wounds to the abdomen and one to the arm, resulting in significant internal injuries.
On July 15, 2024, around 4:30 a.m., Pennsylvania State Troopers found the victim’s crashed and abandoned car on I-95 South in Tinicum Township. They secured the vehicle and transferred it to the custody of the Philadelphia Police Department. Forensic testing subsequently revealed Burgess’s fingerprints and palm print on the stolen vehicle.
The case was investigated by the FBI, Pennsylvania State Police and Philadelphia Police.