By José Ayala Gordián
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office in Pennsylvania on Monday filed first, second and third degree murder charges against Mamadou Kallie for the death of two Puerto Rican women, one one of them pregnant and the other the mother of her son, in events that occurred last Sunday night.
The complaint filed by detective Robert Balchunis, of which El Nuevo Día obtained a copy, maintains that Kallie, aged 23, murdered Tiara Rodríguez Díaz, aged 20 years old, and Kimberly Ortiz Zayas, 21 years old and who was five months pregnant, after the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck near Glencrest Road by the suspect.
The Chester County Prosecutor’s Office later confirmed, through another statement, that a child aged 22 months old who was in the vehicle in which Rodríguez Díaz and Ortiz Zayas died Ron is the son that Kallie fathered with Rodríguez Díaz. The minor was found, in good health, in the custody of relatives of Kallie who, it is believed, removed her son from the vehicle after allegedly murdering both women.
In profile Rodríguez Díaz’s Facebook page says he is from Salinas. A relative of the woman who identified herself as Elizabeth Medina said in an interview with ABC 6 in Philadelphia that they used to travel constantly to Puerto Rico.
Kallie faces two counts of first-degree murder for the death of Rodríguez Díaz and Ortiz Zayas; another count of murder for the death of an unborn child; for endangering the life of an infant of 22 months old who was in the back of the vehicle; car jacking; unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; possession and use of a firearm without proper license; Aggravated assault; simple aggression; stalking; threat; endanger the life of another person and flee from the authorities and the scene of a crime.
“These tragic murders of two women and an unborn child should cause outrage in the community. Gender-based violence continues to plague our communities and has consequences for many other people. We will do everything in our power to hold Mamadou Kallie accountable for these premeditated and intentional killings,” Chester Chief Prosecutor Deborah Ryan said in written statements.
Kallie will remain in custody after a judge denied him the right to be released on bail due to the seriousness of the charges he faces.
For his part, Valley Township Police Commissioner Glenn Eckman added that “ the town experienced a grisly double murder during a long weekend where families and friends were meant to enjoy the start of summer. Instead, two young women and an unborn child perished. It was a difficult scene to process, but I thank all the authorities involved for their collaboration in finding and arresting the suspect.”
A night of extreme violence
The complaint filed by Balchunis maintains that Coatesville police officers responded, at 9: 21 on Sunday, to a domestic dispute complaint between Rodríguez Díaz and Kallie while they were both visiting friends at a residence on Mount Pleasant Highway.
Officers Christopher McCarthy, Felicia Deliggatti and Thomas Mack met with both of them and Rodríguez Díaz indicated that nothing had happened . McCarthy added, in his report, that Kallie was wearing a black sweatshirt and a black cap with a design, and that he was agitated when the Police arrived and asked why they had arrived.
Upon arrival On scene, officers reported that Kallie was next to Rodriguez Diaz’s Toyota Corolla and, after speaking with officers, she got into a black Ford Edge bus. With her license suspended, a friend of Kallie’s parked the vehicle. After completing the interviews, Rodríguez Díaz left in his vehicle and Kallie stayed on the Mount Pleasant highway.
However, the Valley Township police received, at 9: 57 pm , a call from a citizen who reported a traffic accident on Glencrest Road and saw a black bus flee the scene.
Two minutes later, the Valley Township police station received another call of a citizen, this time reporting shots on the same highway. The man indicated that he heard nine shots after witnessing what he described as a road rage incident, and that he also heard screams.
At 02: 10 pm Valley Township officers found the Toyota Corolla. Ortiz Zayas received multiple gunshot wounds and was found a short distance from the passenger door, while Rodríguez Díaz was removed from the driver’s seat and transported to a nearby hospital, where she died of multiple gunshot wounds.
During the investigation of the scene, the Detectives found bullet casings and a black cap next to Ortiz Zayas’s body. Officer McCarthy, who responded to the scene to provide support, noted that the occupied hat was the one Kallie had on during the domestic incident they attended to earlier in the evening.
Meanwhile, police officers West Chester police responded to a carjacking complaint reported at 10: 45 pm in Bradford County. Eduardo Alpizar Ortiz told authorities that a man stole his black Infiniti car at gunpoint. Six minutes later, police located the vehicle and launched a pursuit that ended nearly an hour later. After managing to stop the vehicle, Kallie got out of it, pointing a gun at her neck. However, officers were able to convince him to drop the weapon, a 9mm Taurus G2C pistol, and placed him under arrest.
Upon arrest, officers noticed red stains on his pants. Kallie. Officers also found Kallie’s Ford Edge bus, which had sustained damage to the front passenger side, consistent with damage to Rodriguez Diaz’s vehicle.
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