Suspect In NoLibs Slayings Surrenders

PHILADELPHIA - One of the men accused in a drug-fueled double murder at a posh Northern Liberties apartment complex has turned himself in to police.

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James "Pooh" Wilson, 40, was surrounded by family, a priest and his lawyer when he walked into Philadelphia police headquarters Monday evening to face burglary and other charges.

Authorities say Wilson planned the robbery that led to the murders of party promotor Rian Thal, 34, and her accused supplier - Ohio truck driver, Timothy Gilmore, 40.

Police say Thal and Gilmore was heavily involved in cocaine dealing when both were shot to death in the hallway at the Piazza at Schmidt's development on June 27.

Investigators believe Wilson is the one who hatched a plan to steal a large amount of drugs and money from Thal's apartment.

"The shooters were going to force them into the apartment to rob them. They take off down the hallway. At that point, they shoot and kill both of them," said Capt. James Clark of Homicide Unit.

Wilson's attorney Chris Warren says his client, who's also known as Keith Epps, had nothing to do with the burglary - though a woman claiming to be Wilson's girlfriend, Katoya Jones, says she let him, three gunmen and look-outs into the building that day.

"He had nothing to do with this whatsoever," says Warren. "To the extent he is being implicated in this, it is coming from what I understand, a woman for, who was held in this very building behind us [police headquarters] for days without being charged with any crime and questioned for God knows how long before they got her to say God knows what. So what investigators say and what the truth is are sometimes two different things."

Police are also looking for the accused triggerman, Donnell Murchison.

The U.S. Marshals is offering a $10,000 reward for his capture. Murchison is considered "armed and dangerous."

Two others have already been arrested.

Police are looking for as many as 10 other people, including three gunmen.