A man was shot dead just hours after two people appeared in court accused of conspiring to kill him in a Facebook murder-for-hire scheme,
Authorities are investigating two possible theories in connection with the death of Corey White, 22, in Philadelphia.
Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said on Tuesday that police are investigating leads about whether Monday night’s fatal shooting of White was connected to the Facebook threat or to a shooting last month outside a nightclub in Upper Darby, a Philadelphia suburb.
Police believe another man was the shooter in last month’s nightclub shooting, but they had been trying to track down White for questioning because they believed he may have been the getaway driver.
It’s too early to tell if White’s killing was connected to either that case or the Facebook posting, Mr Chitwood told the Associated Press.
Earlier Monday, a judge had approved charges including murder solicitation against White’s ex-girlfriend London Eley, 19, and murder conspiracy charges against Timothy Bynum, the 18-year-old man who allegedly responded to her post in June.
That night White got into an argument with the occupants of a brown car and a man got out of the vehicle and shot him, homicide investigators said.
The vehicle had been carjacked a short time before the shooting and was later set on fire, Mr Chitwood said.
Philadelphia police also said authorities were still trying to determine the motive behind White’s shooting.
