A Philadelphia man is behind bars after a shooting at a Bensalem Township trailer park last week led investigators to a home in Levittown.
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Travis Fleck, 21, turned himself in to police Tuesday to face charges including attempted criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
The investigation began at 12:44 a.m. last Thursday morning when Bensalem Township police responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Top of the Ridge Trailer Park on Gibson Road.
Arriving officers found a man with a severe gunshot wound to his left arm, police said.
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In a statement, police credited the responding officers with saving the man’s life by applying a tourniquet to control heavy bleeding before he was transported to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia in critical condition.
According to detectives, the shooting followed an argument between the victim, who was on foot, and the occupants of a red four-door sedan.
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During a physical fight between the victim and the driver, a passenger in the back seat fired two rounds. One bullet struck the victim, while the second hit a nearby mobile home, police said.
Investigators used a combination of residential surveillance footage, intersection cameras, and a license plate reader to track the car as it fled the township, police said.
The vehicle was traced to a residence in Levittown, and Fleck was identified as a person of interest.
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Police said Fleck admitted to firing the shots and acknowledged he did not have a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm.
During a search of his residence, detectives recovered four firearms. Among them was a 9mm “ghost gun” that investigators determined was used in the shooting, police said.
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Fleck was preliminarily arraigned Tuesday by District Judge Terry Hughes. Bail was set at 10 percent of $1 million.
The victim has since been released from the hospital.
Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.
