Man accused of raping and shooting woman in West Philadelphia arrested in Missouri: Marshals

According to federal officials, 32-year-old Damonte Lewis was taken into custody on Tuesday, July 2.

He is accused of raping a woman in Philadelphia and then shooting her and her boyfriend after the rape was reported to authorities, coroners said.

The shooting occurred June 24 in a second-floor bedroom of a home on North Peach Street, Philadelphia police said. A 40-year-old man was hit in the neck and hospitalized in critical condition, while a 39-year-old woman was hit in the right shoulder and was in stabilized condition, authorities previously said.

The motive was described as “possibly domestic” and a weapon was recovered at the scene, the PPD said at the time.

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