What a horrible story, and for what? All this over a phone?
FOX News reports:
Manhunt underway after college student fatally shot chasing robbers who allegedly stole his phoneA manhunt is underway after a student at Pennsylvania State University was shot and killed on Saturday in a potential armed robbery attempt.Billy Schmidt, 22, was blocks away from his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Saturday at around 1:30 a.m. when he was shot and killed, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. When officers arrived, the college student was found on the street with a gunshot wound to his chest.Police said Billy Schmidt was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m.Bill Schmidt, his father, told ABC7 that his son was coming back from a bar where he was watching the NBA Finals with his friends.Security video given to police shows Schmidt asking for his phone back before several shots were heard that killed the college student. It shows a man throwing a cellphone before another individual can be seen running around a corner being chased by Billy Schmidt, who was then shot in the chest.Billy Schmidt was a senior at Pennsylvania State University, where he was set to graduate in December.”He was a really good person who cared about everybody and never hurt or bothered a soul, never bothered anyone and for him to get shot like that is a travesty,” Bill Schmidt said. “I’m shocked when they stole his phone that he chased them.”Police have not made an arrest in connection to the college student’s killing. One neighbor urged anyone with information to help police.”I want justice, I want the kid that shot Billy to be found,” a neighbor said. “If anyone’s out there that recognizes anything… they seem young to me. If anyone has any information or recognizes anything about the kids, I would love for them to come forward.”
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