PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A constructing proprietor has been arrested and charged with arson in a hearth and collapse that killed Philadelphia Fire Lt. Sean Williamson. The arrest of Al-Alshraf Khalil comes lower than two weeks after the lethal collapse in North Philadelphia.

Khalil is charged with arson and mendacity to federal investigators regarding his whereabouts on the time of the hearth. Court paperwork allege Khalil instructed federal brokers he wasn’t within the space of third Street and Indiana Avenue regardless of surveillance video and different proof inserting him there.

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According to sources, the costs rising to murder are nonetheless in play.

“Arson killed Lieutenant Williamson.” — Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel on submitting of costs in opposition to Al-Alshraf Khalil. Think about it earlier than committing arson, he stated. “You can’t run. You can’t hide.” @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/P6g5WyyOR5

— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) June 28, 2022

It’s alleged Khalil and a second unidentified suspect entered the pizza parlor that Khalil owned and set the place on hearth.

“Arson killed Lt. Williamson,” Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel stated at a press convention Tuesday.

Thiel spoke subsequent to an image of Williamson. He despatched a robust message to the general public.

“If you are thinking about it, think hard because you can’t run and you can’t hide. This team will find you,” Thiel stated.

Kahlil was discovered after he tried to flee to Jordan and was denied entry.

At JFK International Airport in New York, U.S. Marshals have been ready for Khalil.

Khalil was arrested and positioned in handcuffs bearing Williamson’s initials and his badge quantity.

A motive for the hearth was not launched.

The arrest of Al-Alshraf Khalil included the usage of handcuffs bearing Lieutenant Sean Williamson’s initials and his badge quantity. Khalil is going through costs of arson leading to dying and making false statements to federal brokers. @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/E4qfNX10Rm

— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) June 28, 2022

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On Monday, town saluted Williamson as he was laid to relaxation.

“The luminous video surveillance recovered by investigators showed two suspects, minutes before the fire began in the early morning hours of June 18, walk behind a dumpster and enter the basement doors of the property at 300 West Indiana Avenue. The video surveillance further showed that about 20 minutes later, the two suspects leave the location. Shortly after which, smoke can be seen emanating from the direction of the building and immediately thereafter, flames can be seen on the video,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Nelson Thayer stated.

Court paperwork allege a person recognized as Al-Alshraf Khalil instructed federal brokers he wasn’t within the space of third and Indiana regardless of surveillance video and different proof inserting him there. (2 / ) @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/bdb6ywdwmi

— Joe Holden (@JoeHoldenCBS3) June 28, 2022

Sources say the submitting of costs Tuesday is simply step one in what will probably be a prolonged investigation.

Sources say authorities recovered surveillance video which shifted the investigation late final week right into a prison case.

Williamson, a 27-year veteran of the pressure, who was laid to relaxation on Monday, was part of a crew that responded to a fire on the 300 block of West Indiana Avenue in North Philadelphia on June 18.

Firefighters have been capable of get the flames beneath management inside quarter-hour and so they efficiently evacuated all eight individuals dwelling within the constructing. But an hour later, Williamson was certainly one of six firefighters nonetheless inside ensuring the hearth was utterly out when the constructing collapsed on high of them.

Crews rescued 5 of them from the rubble, however Williamson was not.

Officials introduced within the hours after the incident the ATF and Fire Marshal’s office would be jointly investigating.

Thiel says the division will bear in mind him as certainly one of their greatest.

“It should be evident after watching the hundreds, probably thousands of people who filed through here this morning, that he knew how to do his job. He was truly one of our best,” Thiel stated.

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CBS3’s Joe Holden, Kerri Corrado and Ross DiMattei contributed to this report.