4 Charged in Massacre at Alleged Crack Den

Two men were charged with killing seven people in a house last month over what police called “nickel-and-dime drug dealing.” Two others were charged with weapon and drug offenses. The massacre, Philadelphia’s worst shooting in decades, stemmed from one group of dealers undercutting the other’s prices, police Capt. James Brady said. “For literally a couple bucks, these individuals were slaughtered. We’re not talking hundreds of thousands of dollars, but pennies.” Four masked men entered the house Dec. 28, forced the 10 people inside to line up on the floor and sprayed them with bullets from at least three different automatic weapons, police said. Seven people died; three were injured. Neighbors described the building as a crack house; one of the wounded said she rented a room in the ramshackle home for $30 a week.