A wrongfully convicted man who spent more than two decades in prison filed a lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia as well as the detectives who were involved in his case.
The lawsuit — filed by 47-year-old Tyree Wallace and his attorneys at the Marrone Law Firm, LLC — names the city of Philadelphia and nine former police officers as defendants.
On. Oct. 27, 1997, Young Su Kang, the owner of the Salt & Pepper convenience store in Philadelphia’s Point Breeze neighborhood, was shot during an apparent robbery. He was pronounced dead the next day…