Tyvine Jones, an accused gang member and hitman wanted for three murders in Philadelphia between 2020 and 2022, was arrested Wednesday in Delaware County, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Jones was picked up at an apartment complex on Lansdowne Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday after U.S. Marshals received a tip.

Jones was known to police since April 2024, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said. Prosecutors claim he avoided law enforcement by changing locations in the city and its nearby counties, moving only at night, altering his digital profile and wearing a mask.

The DA's office charged Jones with three counts of first-degree murder and related offenses Thursday.

Prosecutors said Jones is a rapper, member and hitman in the "Blumberg/Black Flag" street gang in Philadelphia. Jones also goes by the aliases "Eerd," "BlumbergEerd" and "Rookie of the Year."

Jones is charged with three murders in Philadelphia between August 2020 and September 2022.

The DA's office alleges Jones fatally shot 16-year-old Heyward Garrison on Aug. 23, 2020, in the 2200 block of West Diamond Street.

Prosecutors claim Jones killed Wesley Rodwell on May 25, 2022, in the 1600 block of West Erie Avenue. They believe Jones fatally shot Rodwell after the victim made a music video taunting the gang. 

Jones is a co-defendant with Dymer Purnell and Deshawn Kinsler in that case. Purnell and Kinsler are awaiting trial.

Jones is also a co-defendant with Michael Nelson in the Sept. 26, 2022, murder of a man in the 1600 block of Creston Street. Prosecutors said Nelson is also in custody and awaiting trial.

Two of the murders Jones is charged with were gang-related with the opposing group, "Zoo Gang," prosecutors said.

"Together with our Philadelphia PD and other partners, our commitment to the citizens of Philadelphia remains steadfast: the relentless pursuit of violent fugitives such as Tyvine Jones, whose unrestrained existence serves only to diminish our great city," Eric Gartner, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, said in a press release.