The City of Philadelphia is offering $20,000 for information on a group of "teen offenders" wanted for a deadly attack on a 72-year-old man in North Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - Two teenagers allegedly involved in a deadly attack on a 73-year-old in North Philadelphia are expected to turn themselves into authorities Monday, according to Philadelphia police.According to authorities, on June 24 around 2:30 a.m., James Lambert Jr.
was attacked by a group of teenagers on the 2100 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Surveillance video released by police shows several teenagers surrounding and recording Lambert 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 making his matter of death a homicide.
Lambert’s niece Tania Stephens spoke to FOX 29 about Lambert, who she says walked the same path in the city for nearly seven decades. "I just don’t understand what’s going on in our city," Stephens said. "He’s walked that path for 60, 70 years of his life, and for his life to be snuffed out like that is just unbelievable." As police continue to search for the group, they are asking anyone with information to come forward.