Years after James Stuhlman was shot and killed while walking his dog in Philadelphia, justice has been handed down in the case.
Police said that Hamilton, Smith, and another 14-year-old boy finished a game of basketball on March 12, 2015. Then, they decided to rob someone and came upon Stuhlman, who was walking a dog.
In the incident, he pleaded for his life, but Hamilton shot him, according to the Inquirer. The boys left him for dead and took nothing from him, police said.
Another police official said that he had dog leash in his hand.
And, he added, “The dog was lying next to him -- appeared to be scared and in shock.” He said, “In his other hand he had a flashlight.”
Clark also said that Stuhlman, who walked his dog every night, didn’t want his daughter going with him when she wanted to.
“For whatever reason, he said to her, ‘It’s a little late tonight I don’t want you walking with me.’ So in effect, he may have saved his daughter’s life,” Clark said, WCAU reported.
“We were previously an equilateral triangle. We were a symbol of strength. You see, no matter how much pressure you put on any of its sides, a triangle is impossible to break,” his wife said in 2016, adding that they had an 11-year-old daughter together.
She said, “Now one whole side of the triangle is gone. We lost an entire dimension of our lives. Now Elaina and I are just two lines that don’t have a third side.”
For Smith, who was convicted on Aug. 25, 2017, he never touched the gun. “Pennsylvania’s second-degree murder law lets the jury convict anyone involved in a conspiracy to commit a felony crime that results in the death of the victim, regardless of whether they used the weapon,” according to the Inquirer.
Reports say that Hamilton was the one who came up with the plan to rob someone.
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