HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday — in conjunction with the Philadelphia Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Philadelphia Field Division, and the 53rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury — announced charges against a man regarding a previously unsolved 2023 homicide in north central Philadelphia.
Hassan German, 31, was fatally shot on May 24, 2023, in the 2100 block of North Gratz Street. A second man, age 28, was wounded in the shooting.
Richard Pridgen, 20, is charged with German’s murder and attempted murder for shooting the second victim, after the Office of Attorney General presented evidence about the shootings in recent months to the Grand Jury.
Pridgen, who is in federal custody for a carjacking, and also has a second pending homicide case, was denied bail at arraignment.
“The grand jurors’ presentment led to charges against an extremely violent individual and provided answers to a previously unsolved murder,” Attorney General Sunday said. “My office will continue to collaborate daily with Philadelphia Police and the ATF to combat the illegal flow of firearms and acts of gun violence that so often result from those transfers.”
“Working with our partners, we are coming after the shooters and violent offenders who terrorize our communities,” said Eric DeGree, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Philadelphia Field Division. “This case is another example of how our combined resources with the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Philadelphia Police Department solve crimes and bring perpetrators to face justice.”
Philadelphia Police Department charged Pridgen with homicide, attempted murder, aggravated assault, violations of the Uniformed Firearms Act, and related offenses.
The case is being prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorneys General Maggie Hayes-Oberst and Helen Park.
Criminal charges, and any discussion thereof, are merely allegations and all defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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