The man Philadelphia police publicly named as wanted over a fatal shooting on Stenton Avenue earlier this week is now in custody. On November 6, 2026, at approximately 1 a.m., two officers from the Philadelphia Police Department's 22nd District arrested Jamal Pistoria, a 33-year-old man, on the 500 block of South Broad Street, the department said.
Source: Philadelphia Police Department
This is the new development that follows the earlier stage of the case reported on November 4, when police were asking for the public's help to locate Pistoria. The arrest does not close the case: police say the motive for the November 2 shooting remains unknown, the investigation is ongoing with the department's Homicide Unit, and the allegations against Pistoria have not been tested in court. He is presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove charges against him.
Source: N' Cuffs
What happened on Stenton Avenue on November 2
On Monday, November 2, 2026, at approximately 2:07 p.m., officers from the department's 14th District responded to a shooting on the 6300 block of Stenton Avenue, in northwest Philadelphia, police said. On arrival, officers located an adult woman suffering from gunshot wounds. She was transported by police to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where she was pronounced deceased at 2:35 p.m. — 28 minutes after the response began.
The woman has been identified as Ofelia Bellaniri Hernandez Camill, a 34-year-old who resided on the 500 block of West 121st Street in New York, New York, police said. Two additional women, ages 33 and 44, were also assaulted during the incident, police said. Police have not described the nature of those assaults beyond that statement, and this report does not add detail officials have not released. N' Cuffs, reporting the same police account, confirms the time, the block, the victim's identification, the two assaulted women and the November 6 arrest location.
The wanted appeal that preceded the arrest
Before the arrest, the Homicide Unit had asked for the public's help in locating Pistoria, describing him as 33 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 150 pounds, and saying he could be in the area of the 1500 block of East Tulpehocken Street. Police warned anyone who saw him not to approach and to contact 911 immediately. The City of Philadelphia offers a reward of $20,000 leading to an arrest and conviction for every homicide, the department's notice said. The case is logged as DC 26-14-087212, with Detective Sanchez #647 and Detective Burkhimer #638 named in the department's notice.
Released so far: the shooting time and block, the victim's name, age and New York address block, the assaults on two other women, the wanted description, and the time, place and district of the arrest. Not released: the motive, any account of what led to the shooting, and the formal charging document. Readers should treat the connection between Pistoria and the shooting as a police allegation until it is set out and tested in court.
Background: a cross-city case that stays open after an arrest
Stenton Avenue runs through northwest Philadelphia, and the victim's residence in New York — on West 121st Street — makes this a case with ties in two cities, which is one reason the public wanted appeal mattered: a suspect who could move between neighbourhoods, or between cities, is harder to locate without tips. For Punjabi and other South Asian families in the Philadelphia area and along the Northeast corridor, the practical point of this stage of the case is narrower and important: an arrest in a homicide investigation is the start of the court process, not its end, and police are still asking anyone with information to come forward while the motive is unknown.
The arrest was made by 22nd District officers on South Broad Street — a different district from the 14th, where the shooting happened — which is consistent with a citywide wanted search rather than a neighbourhood stop, though police have not described how the officers located him, and this report does not speculate about a tip, surveillance or any other route to the arrest.
What happens next
The investigation remains active, police and N' Cuffs both report, and the Homicide Unit continues to handle the case. The next verified steps will be the formal charges as they are filed and Pistoria's first court appearance, neither of which had been published in the sources reviewed for this report. Anyone with information about the November 2 shooting can contact the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or 215-686-3335, or submit a tip by telephone at 215-686-TIPS (8477); police say all tips will be confidential.