Reports of the tragic murder of 22-year-old Billy Schmidt in South Philadelphia have been carried in the national press, including Fox News and the New York Post, and internationally, in such newspapers as the Irish Sun and the British Daily Mail. The nation and the world grieve for Billy Schmidt.
Here in South Philly, the seemingly senseless murder that stemmed from the robbery of his cell phone has left the local community stunned, sorrowful and angry.
The murder of Billy Schmidt touched me as well for a number of reasons, one of which is that I live not too far from where he was murdered, which is unsettling when I think of my own family, and like Billy Schmidt, I, too, was a Penn State student when I was in my early 20s…