A dog walker was murdered in Overbrook after pleading for his life.
Three teenagers age 15, after playing basketball in an alley, decided to rob someone that passed by because they needed some money, Philadelphia police officials said. Two high school freshmen were arrested in connection with the killing of a man walking his dog last week in Philadelphia’s Overbrook section, along the 6400 block of Woodcrest Avenue Thursday night.
The third teenager, who allegedly pulled the trigger, is still on the loose, and considered armed and dangerous, said Philadelphia Homicide Captain James Clark. The two teens in police custody were known to officers for previous crimes. One of them was charged with robbery, but was only a witness to the murder, police said.
According to an NBC report, one of the teens in custody, Brendon Smith said that Tyfine Hamilton fired the shot directly in the chest of James Patrick Stuhlman, who allegedly, begged Hamilton not to kill him.
Stuhlman usually brought his 13-year-old daughter along on the nightly walks through the city’s Overbrook neighborhood, but on March 12 he decided to go alone — a decision that may have saved her life.
“At one point he did plead for his life,” said Clark. “He said, ‘please don’t shoot me, please don’t shoot me,’ and they still shot him one time.”
The 15-year-old shooter, Hamilton, pleaded guilty last year to third-degree murder and was sentenced to 25 to 80 years in prison, the Inquirer reports, adding:
Their 14-year-old accomplice, Alston Zou-Rutherford, pleaded guilty to robbery and conspiracy and will remain in a juvenile facility until he is 21.
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Sources: OpposingViews, Philadelphia Inquirer, WCAU, America 1st/Facebook, NBC
