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88-Year-Old Veteran Executed Inside His SUV In Killadelphia

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88-Year-Old Veteran Executed Inside His SUV In Killadelphia

88-Year-Old Veteran Executed Inside His SUV In Killadelphia

Loved ones are mourning an elderly 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 on 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 vehicle came to rest on a sidewalk, knocking over a potted plant.

Sources told NBC10 witnesses tried to use a tire iron to break into the vehicle and get 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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