For the second time in as many days, a wheelchair has been stolen from an individual who suffers from cerebral palsy. However, this time, an eight-year-old boy was the victim.
The latest incident happened early Friday morning outside a home in the 5200 block of Catharine Street in West Philadelphia.
According to investigators, a homecare nurse left the wheelchair outside the home as she was getting eight-year-old Jahzir Walker ready for school.
‘I go in, I get him, put a little jacket on him. It doesn’t take less than five minutes and the chair was gone,’ nurse Susan Beyer explained.
Jahzir, who has cerebral palsy, also suffers from respiratory problems and his oxygen tank and other supplies to monitor his breathing were on the wheelchair.
