Updated
Updated · CBS New York · Jun 7
Police Identify 22-Year-Old William Schmidt in South Philadelphia Fatal Shooting
Updated
Updated · CBS New York · Jun 7

Police Identify 22-Year-Old William Schmidt in South Philadelphia Fatal Shooting

3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 7

Summary

  • Philadelphia police on Sunday identified the victim as 22-year-old William Schmidt, who was shot once in the chest on the 1900 block of Durfor Street just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
  • Officers responding to reports of a person with a gun found Schmidt lying on the ground and took him to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.
  • Captain Christopher Bradshaw said the suspected shooter was last seen running east on Durfor Street from the scene, and no arrest was announced.
  • The Homicide Unit is investigating the killing near Schmidt’s South 20th Street home, after earlier reports indicated the shooting may have followed an attempted phone robbery.

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