Suspect in hit-and-run that injured 3 Penn Presbyterian nurses and gunshot victim turns himself in
A man wanted by law enforcement for striking four people – including three nurses – outside Penn Presbyterian Medical Center on Saturday has turned himself in, Philadelphia police said.
Jaadir Goodwyn, 20, surrendered to Philadelphia police at headquarters on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said on social media.
Goodwyn was wanted after police said a man driving a silver Jeep Cherokee ran over three nurses and a gunshot victim outside the emergency room at Penn Presbyterian.
The incident shocked the city and led to calls for a safer environment for health care workers.
Goodwyn is facing charges filed by the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, including multiple counts of aggravated assault, fleeing police, careless driving, possession of an instrument of crime and other offenses.
Vanore said Goodwyn and the two other males arrived at Penn early Saturday morning with a gunshot victim, a 28-year-old man who had been shot multiple times throughout his body. Goodwyn and the two men went into Penn Presbyterian's emergency room and begged for them to help the 28-year-old.
Three nurses and security staff then sprinted out of the hospital and began providing aid to the 28-year-old, according to Vanore.
Vanore said police believe after Penn Police were alerted about a shooting victim at the ER, the three men, including Goodwyn, jumped back into the Jeep and "recklessly and intentionally" left at a high rate of speed and struck the three nurses and the 28-year-old shooting victim, who suffered an additional head injury.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said the incident was "totally and completely unacceptable to me and to all of us in the city of Philadelphia," and added "we are going to end this culture of lawlessness that has been plaguing our city and it won't stand."
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel saw a video of the incident and "couldn't believe what I saw."
"The fact that somebody had the audacity to run over three nurses and severely injure them, they had been on the frontlines with us since the day I walked in the police department 38 years ago," an emotional Bethel added. "Nurses have been at the frontline of supporting us and supporting this community -- they take an oath to serve."
