Police arrested Cain's alleged accomplice, Levon Warner, 39, and are searching for a third man, Eric DeShann Floyd, 33, who is considered armed and dangerous.
Yesterday, Cain's body was identified at the city morgue by his family. According to Jeff Moran, a spokesman for the Medical Examiner's Office, they referred to him as Howard View, one of his aliases.
Cain entered the state prison system Nov. 12, 1997, to serve a 9- to 18-year sentence for robbery, said Susan McNaughton, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
On Sept. 5, 2006, having served just shy of half his minimum sentence, Cain was sent to Lycoming House, a halfway facility at 1712 Point Breeze Ave. in South Philadelphia, McNaughton said.
He was granted parole at his first hearing before the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole.
On Dec. 12 of that year, Cain walked out of Lycoming House a free man. He was, however, subject to parole supervision until 2015.
Leo Dunn, a spokesman for the parole board, did not know how frequently Cain was required to meet with his parole officer, but Cain had to follow a series of requirements to maintain his freedom, including taking drug tests and avoiding alcohol.
Cain's robbery sentence in 1996 stemmed from a string of armed robberies of state liquor stores in West and Southwest Philadelphia. His court-appointed lawyer in the case, Steven Laver, said Cain and two codefendants were accused of robbing at least four liquor stores. "In two of these, there were guns, but no shots fired," Laver said.
Cain was found guilty a year later in one case and pleaded guilty in another.
He had a history of fighting and fleeing police, court records show. A West Philadelphia woman who knew Cain's family but who did not want her name used said he was one of five siblings and used to box when he was younger.
