The victim, 21-year-old Jailene Holton, was killed late Tuesday at the Philly Bar and Restaurant in northeastern Philadelphia, where she went with her friends, police said. Holton was pronounced dead at the hospital a few hours later. A male suspect is wanted and no arrests have been made as of Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman told The Post. Holton, who was the prescribed guide for her friends, was at the bar shortly before the shootings broke out, her uncle told WPVI. Jailene Holton, 21, was shot in the head late Tuesday at the Philly Bar and Restaurant in Northeast Philadelphia, where she went with friends, police and relatives. “He didn’t go out often,” James Holton told the station. “They were only going to stay there for about 15 to 20 minutes, and that’s when the quarrel broke out and this guy started shooting.” A group of three men had stopped a game of billiards at the facility before the shooting, a WPVI witness told witnesses. One of the men was thrown out and then taken to a truck about 200 feet away before firing at least 15 shots at the bar – five of which went through his front window, including one that hit Holton, police said. “It was not part of the upheaval,” Chief Inspector Scott Small told WPVI. “He was just a customer and he was with friends.” Holton was in the back of the bar when he was shot, Small said. Another person inside was left with a cut on his face made of shattered glass, police said. Holton’s mourning father said he was struggling to carry out the tragic murder. “He was just a good kid,” Jason Holton told NBC Philadelphia. “She was trying to combine her life, you know, and find herself in life. It just sucks. ” As of Tuesday, 254 people have been killed in Philadelphia so far this year, according to police. This is 6% lower than the same period in 2021, when the City of Brotherly Love reached a record high of 562 homicides. Police said the gunman fired 15 shots at the bar, five of which went to his front window. The Holton family said the killing was just another example of “reckless” shootings across the city of some 1.6 million people. “Nobody does anything,” James Holton told WPVI. “You get a mouthpiece for 20 seconds on the TV, and that’s it. Everyone is running like the Wild West out here. Cowards shooting at a bar of 150 feet or more. Someone goes out for 10 or 15 minutes and then is dead. How is it fair? “How many children die before people say enough?” An online fundraiser set up to cover Jailene’s funeral expenses has raised more than $ 8,000 since Wednesday afternoon. “Jailene was a young, glamorous and beautiful young woman who has been waiting all her life,” the website said. “She just recently celebrated her 21st birthday. Now her dad, her sister and her surviving family are mourning the sudden tragic loss of Jailene. “No parent is ever really ready to lose their child.” Jailene Holton was at the bar shortly before the shooting. Family Booklet
