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*(This needs more attention, and maybe some public pressure. I hope his family gets a thorough investigation.)
'Modern-day lynching:' Jamaican immigrant killed after being invited to white co-worker's PA cabin | Daily Mail Online
The family of a Jamaican immigrant found riddled with bullets to the back at a white co-worker's Pennsylvania cabin called his death a 'modern-day lynching' after the gunman was freed because he claimed the killing was in self-defense.
Peter Bernardo Spencer, 29, of Pittsburgh, was shot nine times - with two of the bullet wounds to his buttocks and one through the neck - after being the only black man invited on a hunting trip with four other people to rural Rockland Township on December 12.
The 25-year-old co-worker who invited Spencer reportedly admitted to police that he killed him in self-defense and was released by Vernango County District Attorney Shaw White.
White has refused to identify the shooter or the other three people until his investigation is complete. That man could not be reached for comment, however, and recently disabled his social media accounts, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
'The four individuals who were present at the time of the shooting were questioned and released after consultation with the Venango County district attorney,' police reported.
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'There are nine shots fired beyond 24 inches of distance, or what we call long-distance shots,' said Wecht, who has investigating some of the country's highest-profile deaths, including President John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and JonBenét Ramsey.
'It's like looking at someone who got hunted down, which is absolutely horrifying.'
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The private medical examiner has not been allowed to inspect the body or been given a copy of the coroner's report, but has studied pictures of Spencer's wounds provided by the embalmer.
Wecht explained that he needs the coroner's report to complete his work because the funeral home put a surgical instrument called trocar into Spencer's wounds, which 'destroyed' the possibility of further investigations of the gunshot wounds.
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Firearms, ballistic evidence and controlled substances were recovered from the scene of the deadly crime.
'Modern-day lynching': Man found shot dead during trip with co-worker
Paul Jubas, the family's lawyer, released autopsy photos of Spencer on his social media accounts at the family's request. Jubas said the coroner's assertion that he was shot in the chest and abdomen is a "misrepresentation" and that the photos indicate at least four of the shots were to Spencer's back.
'Modern-day lynching:' Jamaican immigrant killed after being invited to white co-worker's PA cabin | Daily Mail Online
The family of a Jamaican immigrant found riddled with bullets to the back at a white co-worker's Pennsylvania cabin called his death a 'modern-day lynching' after the gunman was freed because he claimed the killing was in self-defense.
Peter Bernardo Spencer, 29, of Pittsburgh, was shot nine times - with two of the bullet wounds to his buttocks and one through the neck - after being the only black man invited on a hunting trip with four other people to rural Rockland Township on December 12.
The 25-year-old co-worker who invited Spencer reportedly admitted to police that he killed him in self-defense and was released by Vernango County District Attorney Shaw White.
White has refused to identify the shooter or the other three people until his investigation is complete. That man could not be reached for comment, however, and recently disabled his social media accounts, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
'The four individuals who were present at the time of the shooting were questioned and released after consultation with the Venango County district attorney,' police reported.
<snip>
'There are nine shots fired beyond 24 inches of distance, or what we call long-distance shots,' said Wecht, who has investigating some of the country's highest-profile deaths, including President John F. Kennedy, Elvis Presley and JonBenét Ramsey.
'It's like looking at someone who got hunted down, which is absolutely horrifying.'
>snip<
The private medical examiner has not been allowed to inspect the body or been given a copy of the coroner's report, but has studied pictures of Spencer's wounds provided by the embalmer.
Wecht explained that he needs the coroner's report to complete his work because the funeral home put a surgical instrument called trocar into Spencer's wounds, which 'destroyed' the possibility of further investigations of the gunshot wounds.
<snip>
Firearms, ballistic evidence and controlled substances were recovered from the scene of the deadly crime.
'Modern-day lynching': Man found shot dead during trip with co-worker
Paul Jubas, the family's lawyer, released autopsy photos of Spencer on his social media accounts at the family's request. Jubas said the coroner's assertion that he was shot in the chest and abdomen is a "misrepresentation" and that the photos indicate at least four of the shots were to Spencer's back.
