Co-worker charged in murder of Levittown father at three at FedEx facility in Delco
Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect murder charges have been filed on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
A Philadelphia man has been charged in the shooting death of a Middletown man outside a FedEx office near Philadelphia International Airport.
Philadelphia resident Keith Blount, 59, was already facing charges for shooting at Philadelphia police officers investigating the murder.
He faces multiple counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, and recklessly endangering another person, and other related offenses. He is incarcerated on $2.5 million bail in Philadelphia.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Tuesday charges have been filed against Blount in connection with the Oct. 7, 2022, murder of Bartholomew Masciulli, 51, of Levittown. He has beencharged with criminal homicide, murder of the first and third degree, and related firearms charges.
Masciulli, a father of three, was gunned down as he sat in his vehicle. He was parked in the lot at the FedEx distribution center at the airport, where he had worked for nearly 30 years.
Multiple witnesses described the shooter as walking up to the driver’s side window and firing several shots fatally wounding Masciulli, according to Tinicum Township police in Delaware County, which is investigating the murder.
Blount was arrested hours after Masciulli was shot after he allegedly began shooting at Philadelphia police officers who encountered him hours after the murder in the area of North 10th Street. Blount suffered a head wound after a bullet grazed him, but he was not seriously injured, police said.
Philadelphia police formally charged Blount earlier this month. Delaware County filed charges Tuesday.
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“Every homicide is a tragedy, but it is particularly shocking when this level of violence occurs in a place that we want to believe is safe – our workplaces, our schools, our houses of worship. The victim in this case had been an employee of FedEx for 28years, and he had been assigned to evaluate the readiness of a fellow employee to become a driver for FedEx, Stollsteimer said.
"When the defendant did not receive a positive evaluation, he decided to retaliate in the worst way possible. In committing this senseless act, he has forever deprived a family of their loved one, and he has shaken the community to its core. To compound the depravity of this act of violence, when the defendant recognized that his apprehension was imminent, he opened fire on Philadelphia Police officers. His actions are reprehensible. We will work to ensure that he is held responsible to the full extent of the law.”
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Co-worker killed FedEx driver Bart Masciulli of Levittown, DA says
