Man Surrenders in Murdered Girl Case

PHILADELPHIA - September 26, 2006 (WPVI) -- A man wanted for questioning in the shooting death of 5-year-old Casháe Rivers surrendered to authorities just after 10:00 on Tuesday night.

25-year-old Kevin Felder walked into police headquarters surrounded by several people. He told reporters gathered outside that he had nothing to do with the shooting that killed Rivers.

Earlier Tuesday, police issued warrants for Felder's arrest in two shooting cases. One of them happened five minutes before and just a block and a half away from where Rivers was murdered while sitting in the back seat of her mother's car.

"We want to talk to Mr. Felder regarding the shooting," said Chief Inspector Joe Fox. He was also wanted in connection with an aggravated assault that occurred on December 23, 2005 at Patton and Cumberland.

Police sources say Felder has three previous drug convictions, but so far he is not being called a suspect in this murder case even though police say he was seen cruising the Strawberry Mansion section the morning of the Rivers killing.

Police believe Rivers was hit with gunfire intended for someone on the other side of the car in the 25-hundred block of Spangler Street. It is the latest chapter of a bullet-riddled turf war between a gang that operates from 40th and Huntingdon and one centered at 33rd and Huntingdon.

"There is some ongoing drug-related turf battled in that vicinity and there has been a series of shootings and retaliatory shootings," said Fox.

Police say the only innocent person in this case is Rivers. They say her mother's last two boyfriends are known drug men. One is doing prison time and the other was arrested on Tuesday morning.

Investigators say they will leave no stone unturned in trying to catch Rivers' killer.

(Copyright 2006 by 6abc and Action News. All rights reserved.)

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