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Teh One Who Knocks
09-11-2017, 10:43 AM
FOX News


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They shot him in cold blood – in front of his little daughter.

Last Thursday, Gerard Grandzol, 38, took his toddler and dog on a family outing that included playing with a Frisbee.

When he returned home in the evening, he was confronted by two men who demanded his wallet.

They also wanted to take his car but, according to police, Grandzol insisted on taking his 2-year-old daughter out of it before giving the thieves the keys.

That is when one of them shot Grandzol twice in the head as the little girl watched, according to published reports. He died later that night at Hahnemann University Hospital.
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On Saturday, police arrested Maurice Roberts, 21, of Philadelphia, and his 16-year-old brother, who allegedly shot Grandzol.

“They wanted the car; he wouldn’t give up the car. And they shot him for it,” Homicide Capt. John Ryan was quoted as saying by the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia.

The two brothers evidently were determined to rob someone, and Grandzol became their target, police said.

Ryan told reporters at a briefing that the weapon used in the murder was a 9-mm. handgun. The suspects were well-known to police because of prior arrests, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Grandzol was active in his community. His involvement included being a board member of the Francisville Neighborhood Development Corp.

Just six weeks ago, he became a father again, and reported the birth of his second daughter on social media.

“This is just not fair that this is how he died,” the victim’s widow, Kristin Grandzol, told KYW Newsradio.

“He was just the best father to our two girls that you could even imagine,” she added. “He was welcoming to everyone in the neighborhood. Everybody loved him and he was just the best.”

“Those two gunshots just destroyed my life and my two daughters don’t have a father now. I have a 6-week-old daughter and a two-and-a-half year-old who saw the whole thing and I don’t know if she’ll ever be right.”

Goofy
09-11-2017, 11:50 AM
:(

RBP
09-11-2017, 12:12 PM
savages

Teh One Who Knocks
09-11-2017, 12:15 PM
They still have the death penalty in Pennsylvania and I can't think of 2 more deserving people.

RBP
09-11-2017, 12:17 PM
They still have the death penalty in Pennsylvania and I can't think of 2 more deserving people.

Can't kill the 16 year old - unconstitutional.

Teh One Who Knocks
09-11-2017, 12:20 PM
Can't kill the 16 year old - unconstitutional.

He can have an "accident" in prison.

PorkChopSandwiches
09-11-2017, 03:46 PM
jesus

Hal-9000
09-11-2017, 07:07 PM
this is going to sound like another internet story...sorry, it was real

In 2002 I bought some crap at a drugstore after work, around 6pm and it was still light out. Went back to my car and a young guy was leaning on it. His buddy snuck up behind me and long one short, I had a very intense fight in a parking lot with tons of witnesses and then ended up in the back of a police car for hours.

The two guys were young and couldn't fight, I ended up ok in that respect. Worst part was that the cops tried to imply I was responsible for the assault. Waitress at a nearby restaurant/bar made a statement on my behalf and saved my bacon.

About a week later when it was all over and the cops were treating me with something like respect, one of them told me they had reports of the same two guys harassing people at bank machines and in parking lots outside of stores. Their typical MO was to use weapons and threaten people. I was 'lucky' according to the cop. No, I was scared.. and didn't stop punching until both of them we're on the ground covering their faces.

The guys in this story killed someone for a wallet and a car, after the guy gave up both. I don't know what would have happened if the pieces of shit didn't have a gun, but I assume the father wouldn't have been shot in the head.