The Philadelphia Police Department this week released surveillance footage of two suspects wanted for the murder of Penn State student Billy Schmidt.
22-year-old Billy Schmidt was studying journalism at Penn State and was set to graduate this December.
Schmidt was killed on Saturday as he was returning home from an NBA Finals watch party at a bar when the two armed suspects fatally shot him.
The suspects shot Schmidt in the chest in an attempted robbery ambush.
Philly police are offering a $20,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the suspects.
The surveillance video shows Billy Schmidt’s last moments before the fatal ambush.
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Fox News reported:
Surveillance video captured the final moments before a Pennsylvania State University student was killed after an armed robbery attempt.
The Philadelphia Police Department said Billy Schmidt, 22, was close to home when the armed robbery attempt happened on Saturday around 1:30 a.m. When officers arrived, the college student was found with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m., according to police.
Schmidt can be heard saying, “Give me my phone,” before a gunshot could be heard seconds later.
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. Additional security video 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.
“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.”
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