SA Police investigating alleged murder of 19yo in Seaton

ABC NEWS (Australia)

An Adelaide teenager has been stabbed to death in an apparent target ambush outside his Seaton home. Police say the alleged murder was pre-planned and they have arrested a 19-year-old on illegal firearm charges who they suspect could be involved.

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00:00An unsuspecting victim lured to his death.

00:06I think it's fair to say that this was a pre-planned attack.

00:10Nineteen-year-old Scott Phillips killed just outside his home by what police believe was

00:17a single assailant.

00:19It was an ambush in the sense that switching the power off lured him outside, the person

00:23was armed, he was waiting and he unleashed a furious attack on the victim.

00:29Emergency services were called to Carey Avenue in Seton just after 10 o'clock last night

00:35and found Mr Phillips suffering from stab wounds to his stomach.

00:39Paramedics tried to assist him but he died at the scene.

00:42So we came outside and we just seen ambulance and cop cars and detective cars come rushing.

00:48We could hear a girl crying, screaming saying help him, help him.

00:53Police aren't sure of the motive behind the crime but say the two men involved may have

00:57known each other.

00:58It's possible that they did or it's possible that somebody could have sent somebody else

01:03there to do it.

01:04During a search of a property in Hectorville this afternoon, police arrested a 19-year-old

01:09man charged with the illegal possession of a shotgun and ammunition.

01:14We believe that that person might be a person of interest to our investigation but we have

01:17no evidence to incriminate that person at this time.

01:21Late today, police revealed they're looking for the drivers of two vehicles seen in the

01:26area at the time of the attack, a small white hatch and a dark coloured four-door sedan.

01:33They also want to speak to a person who was riding a scooter nearby.

01:37CCTV also said to play a key role as police tracked the moments before and after Scott

01:43Phillips was killed.

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