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SEPTA police apprehend suspect in deadly attack at East Germantown salon

Jasmine T. Winters
Reporter · Friday, November 6, 2026 at 8:48 AM · 1 min read
SEPTA police apprehend suspect in deadly attack at East Germantown salon — Jenkintown Community news

The man who was sought by police after a woman was killed and two others were assaulted in a beauty salon in East Germantown on Monday was arrested by SEPTA police early Friday. According to officials, Jamal Pistoria, 29, was arrested by SEPTA police at about 1 a.m. when he was discovered on a bus along the 500 block of South Broad Street on Friday morning. Pistoria has been sought by police after 34-year-old Bellaniri Ofelia Hernandez Camilo was shot and killed, and two other women were sexually attacked, at an East Germantown at a hair salon on Monday. Officials did not immediately share additional information on Pistoria s apprehension. Earlier this week, police detailed specifics from the deadly attack, saying that investigators believe Pistoria entered the salon and forced an employee to a rear room of the salon at gunpoint, where other employees were already located. In surveillance video obtained by NBC10 from inside the salon, Pistoria fires one gunshot toward

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