UPDATE

According to 6abc, the suspect was taken into police custody at 5:30 p.m. in Chester County.

UPDATE, April 3

Philadelphia Police have identified the suspect involved in the shooting of Penn State student Nicholas Flacco in South Philadelphia last Saturday night.

Tyquan “Fats” Atkinson is wanted for the murder of the 20-year-old at FDR Park, according to police.

Atkinson, 19, is six feet tall and weighs 160 pounds. He was last seen on the 1600 block of South 32nd Street.

Flacco had been in Philadelphia celebrating his birthday with friends and attended the Phillies game earlier in the day.

At FDR park, two groups of women got into an argument when an unidentified woman brought over a man, allegedly Atkinson, who was armed with a revolver.

The man fired a shot in the air when Flacco’s friends confronted the man asking him to shoot them, as they thought the gun was not real, according to police.

Philadelphia Police confirmed intoxication may have played a role in the moment.

The suspect fired another shot and fled before returning 15 minutes later and firing a shot hitting Flacco in the chest.

Flacco was trying to break up the fights between the women and police say they do not think Flacco had any interaction with the shooter.

A $35,000 reward is being offered for Atkinson’s arrest and conviction.

Original story:

A Penn State student was shot and killed at FDR Park in South Philadelphia Saturday night.

20-year-old Nicholas Flacco suffered one gunshot wound to the chest after an argument broke out in the park just before 10 p.m., according to CBS Philly.

He is the son of Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector of Internal Affairs, Chris Flacco.

Flacco was tailgating with his friends after attending the Phillies game Saturday afternoon when the shooting occurred.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 10:17 p.m.

There was a large group in the park when the incident occurred and the crowd dispersed on Pattison Avenue toward Broad Street.

The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of a suspect in the case.

Lodge President John McNesby calls Flacco’s death “a senseless act of violence.”

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the Flacco family and our fellow police officers will close this case with help from the public,” McNesby said.

Flacco was a student in the College of the Liberal Arts, according to the Penn State student directory.