An 88-year-old former Air Force soldier was executed in broad daylight in West Philadelphia on Tuesday.
According to police, Richard Butler was inside his white Hyundai Santa Fe on Tuesday at 1:35 p.m. when he was shot twice in the chest.
Richard Butler
Butler was pronounced dead 30 minutes after he was shot.
NBC 10 Philadelphia reported:
Loved ones are mourning an Air Force veteran who was shot and killed inside an SUV in West Philadelphia on Tuesday.
The victim, identified by family members as 88-year-old Richard Butler, was inside a white Hyundai Santa Fe in the 100 block of North Dewey Street at 1:35 p.m. when shots were fired. Butler was shot twice in the chest and tried to drive away until his car came to rest on the sidewalk, knocking over a potted plant.
Sources told NBC10 that witnesses tried to use a tire iron to break into the car and pull Butler out shortly after the shooting.
He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:56 p.m
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