GUILTY PA - TEMPLE STUDENT, Samuel Collington, SHOT DEAD - Dec 2021

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21 year old Samuel Collington was returning to Temple after Thanksgiving break. Collingwood from Delco parked his mom's vehicle near campus on Sunday night the 28th.

Allegedly here comes 17 year old Latif Williams who has turned himself in ready to rob Collington. Instead he murdered him.

According to the DA Williams was arrested in August and charged with carjacking with a firearm. He was kicked lose because a keywitness didn't show

 

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Sam Collington murder: Man convicted in 2021 shooting death of Temple University student

A man accused of fatally shooting Temple University student Sam Collington near campus in 2021 was convicted Tuesday.

www.fox29.com

Latif Williams, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was found guilty by a Philadelphia judge of third-degree murder and weapons charges.

Williams was accused of shooting Collington, 21, twice in the chest during an attempted robbery on the 2200 block of North Park Avenue in November 2021.

Collington, a Delaware County native who was on track to graduate in the spring, was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he died.

 

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Sentencing scheduled for May 1, 2024. Also note BBM.

DA’s Office Secures Conviction for Carjacking Murder of Temple Student - Office of the District Attorney : City of Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (February 20, 2024) – Following a one-day trial, Latif Williams on Tuesday was convicted of the 2021 murder of Temple University student Samuel Collington near campus. The Hon. J. Scott O’Keefe on Tuesday found Williams (DOB: 11/12/2004) guilty of Third Degree Murder, Possession of...

phillyda.org

Williams is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge O’Keefe on May 1, 2024. He will also be tried for a separate carjacking of an elderly man, also in 2021, that day before the same judge.

 

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Man gets 25 to 50 years in prison for murder of Temple University student Sam Collington

A 19-year-old man was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for shooting and killing a 21-year-old Temple University student in 2021, as well as a carjacking that occurred more than a week before the murder.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

On Tuesday, July 16, 2024, a judge sentenced 19-year-old Latif Williams to 25 to 50 years in prison for the murder of Samuel Collington as well as a separate carjacking that occurred ten days before Collington's death.

After the verdict, Collington's mother, Molly Collington, thanked Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore, as well as the investigators in the case.