Penn State student shot, killed outside South Philadelphia home in suspected robbery
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A family is searching for answers after a Penn State student was shot and killed in South Philadelphia early Saturday morning.
PHILADELPHIA - A family is searching for answers and pleading for the public's help after a 22-year-old Penn State student was fatally shot early Saturday morning in South Philadelphia.
What we know:
Billy Schmidt, 22, was shot and killed around 1:30 a.m. Saturday on the 1900 block of Dufferin Street, just steps away from his own home in what his family says was potentially an armed attempt.
Surveillance video provided to police by neighbors captured the tense moments immediately preceding the gunfire. In the footage, Schmidt can be heard asking for his phone back right before the fatal shots were fired.
Plea for justice
Dig deeper:
Schmidt was a senior at Penn State University and was planning to graduate this upcoming December.
Currently, no arrests have been made in connection with his murder. The victim's family and neighbors are urging anyone who might recognize the suspects from the surveillance footage to come forward.
"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."
The Source: Information from this article was sourced from reporting by FOX 29.