A dispute over a parking space in Drexel Hill escalated into gunfire.
Upper Darby police said nobody was injured in an incident Wednesday about 10:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Dayton Road.
The shooter, who police identified as Darren Floyd of the 1300 block of South 56th Street, fired three rounds at the victim.
Darren Floyd
According to the criminal complaint filed by Upper Darby Detective Desiree Forlini:
The victim said he became engaged in an argument with Floyd over a parking space on the street. The argument cooled off then resumed.
The victim observed Floyd was wearing rainbow-colored brass knuckles and had an unzipped, black cross-body backpack. The victim told police Floyd advanced toward him while reaching for his bag.
The victim stated that he ran from his front lawn to the rear alley, where he turned around and observed that the suspect was still advancing toward him. The victim stated that the actor fired a black firearm in his direction and recalled hearing two shots.
Neighbors heard three, and investigators later found three casings in the grass sidewalk strip in front of the victim’s home.
The victim stated that the suspect got into a silver Honda Accord with tinted windows and a Marine Corps sticker on the rear bumper below the license plate and turned onto Cheswold Road.
Upper Darby detectives used surveillance video at Burmont and Garrett to identify the car and an automated license plate reader identified it as a 2005 Honda with Pennsylvania plates. Images also captured the Marine logo below the plate.
The vehicle registration information led police to Floyd, who was positively identified by the victim in a photo array.
Floyd was arraigned Thursday evening by District Judge Elizabeth S. Gallard, who set bail at 10 percent of $200,000, which Floyd was unable to post and so taken to Delaware County prison to await a scheduled Aug. 12 preliminary hearing.
Floyd, formerly a Drexel Hill resident, was awaiting trial on a September 2024 charge of making terroristic threats in an Upper Darby incident.
“Both these guys are knuckleheads arguing over parking,” Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said in a text. “Thankfully no one got hurt.”
Originally Published: August 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM EDT