Man Shot, Killed Amid Street Fight In Montco: DA

NORRISTOWN, PA — A man was shot and killed during a street fight in Norristown over the weekend, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced. One person is in custody and has been charged.

The incident occurred on Sunday night, April 25, near the corner of Ann and Barbadoes streets.

Montez Kent, 29, a Norristown resident, got into an argument with Junior Pinnock, a 31-year-old Norristown resident, police said.

Pinnock came to the area looking for him in a nearby home, and called Kent was he saw he wasn't there, according to authorities.

Video surveillance shows Kent and a second man park in a nearby county-owned lot shortly thereafter. Kent and Pinnock began fighting in the lot, and Kent pulled out a long handled knife and lunged at Pinnock, police said.

Pinnock knocked the knife away, and that's when the second man, who had arrived with Kent, stepped forward and shot Pinnock several times, authorities said. He died shortly thereafter.

The second man has not yet been identified or charged.

Kent faces first and third degree murder charges, as well as related crimes. He was booked at Montgomery County Correctional Facility, and preliminary hearing is set for May 7.