Philadelphia police have released video of a suspect and vehicle sought in connection with the deadly, broad daylight shooting of Richard Butler - an 88-year-old veteran.
Philadelphia police have released new video as they investigate the murder of an 88-year-old veteran who was shot as he sat inside of his car in West Philadelphia earlier this month. The shooting happened back on the afternoon of March 5 on the 100 block of North Dewey Street. Police say Richard Butler was sitting inside of his SUV when a suspect approached the window and fired multiple rounds into the car.Butler was hit twice in the chest and later died from his injuries.
Police believe the shooter got out and waited for Butler to drop his girlfriend off on the corner of Dewey Street and then approached the vehicle, shooting five times."It's a terrible experience and we've had to do this on too many occasions," Pastor Garth Gittens, of Calvary Baptist Church, the site of Butler’s funeral. "This is uncalled for. We gotta get a grip of ourselves as a society, as a community. "We gotta stop being so violent and hateful toward each other.
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