{"id":652,"date":"2026-06-07T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:10:47","slug":"a-penn-state-student-was-shot-to-death-in-south-philadelphia-police-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652","title":{"rendered":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 22-year-old Penn State student died after being shot a half block from his home in South Philadelphia early Saturday, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=650\">Brandon Marsh sparks Phillies\u2019 offensive surge in 9-5 series finale win over White Sox<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Police said officers from the 1st District responded at 1:32 a.m. to a radio call for a person with a gun on the 1900 block of Durfor Street. They found William J. Schmidt lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Schmidt was returning home from a local bar where he had been watching the NBA Finals with friends, according to his father, 6abc reported.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Surveillance cameras captured video that appeared to show the moments before the shooting, 6abc reported. A man can be seen throwing a cell phone in one video, and seconds later, another man ran around a corner with Schmidt chasing him, before the gunman turned around and shot him, according to another video. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Police took Schmidt to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Schmidt lived on the 2300 block of South 20th Street. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Neighbors expressed sadness over Schmidt\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Sitting on her porch, Tara Valdez, 32, said she felt a sense of loss.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Her siblings, she said, grew up playing with him along Durfor Street. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe was a good person, a really good kid who was never in trouble,\u201d Valdez said. \u201cHe always brought joy with him and made it a point to include everyone, even as a kid.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>When Valdez learned of the tragedy Saturday morning, she was in a state of disbelief. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>She had seen Schmidt walking by Friday morning, she said, and they waved at each other. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sad I didn\u2019t talk to him,\u201d she said. \u201cHis whole family are very nice people, and they are hurting now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=648\">Philly\u2019s 2026 Pride took over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jasmine Alleger, 39, said the sense of living in a safe neighborhood was shattered.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Alleger, who has lived a couple houses down from Schmidt\u2019s house for the last six years, didn\u2019t know him personally. But, people at her gym, she said, spoke kindly about his family on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNow all I can think about is his mom waking up without her son, for literally no reason,\u201d Alleger said. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry that people are so evil; it\u2019s so senseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Schmidt was a fourth-semester student studying digital journalism and media at the Penn State World Campus, the university\u2019s online campus.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are heartbroken over the tragic death of William Schmidt, and we share our deepest condolences with his family and friends,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The university said its staff is reaching out to Schmidt\u2019s family to provide support and offering counseling to students in need. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Police urged anyone with information regarding the incident to contact the homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or submit an anonymous tip by calling or texting 215-686-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=646\">A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded Sunday morning at a Penn\u2019s Landing hotel, police said<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victim lived just steps away from where he was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The victim lived just steps away from where he was killed.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Corporate Movers USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\"},\"headline\":\"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652\"},\"wordCount\":524,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Philadelphia\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652\",\"name\":\"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif\",\"width\":760,\"height\":507},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?p=652#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Corporate Movers USA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/corporate-movers-usa.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA","og_description":"The victim lived just steps away from where he was killed.","og_url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652","og_site_name":"Corporate Movers USA","article_published_time":"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626"},"headline":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said","datePublished":"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652"},"wordCount":524,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif","articleSection":["News","Philadelphia"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652","name":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said - Corporate Movers USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif","datePublished":"2026-06-07T22:10:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b10c672c193866313baff0f315a6c308.avif","width":760,"height":507},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=652#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Penn State student was shot to death in South Philadelphia, police said"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/","name":"Corporate Movers USA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e17225d0157cf1fa5c6e5e795cc26626","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com"],"url":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}