Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger (39) shot in his home

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/02/us/jo...hia/index.html

Philadelphia journalist and advocate Josh Kruger was shot and killed at his home early Monday morning, according to police.

No weapons were recovered and there have been no arrests, a statement from police says.

Kruger, 39, was shot seven times in the chest and abdomen at his Point Breeze home at around 1:28 a.m., police said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Most recently, Kruger had worked as a journalist covering issues like LGBTQ+ rights, homelessness, HIV and addiction in publications like The Philadelphia Citizen and The Philadelphia Inquirer. One of his most recent stories was a tribute to JoAnne Epps, the president of Temple University, who died in September.

[marshmallow]

https://6abc.com/josh-kruger-murder-...ices/13854808/

"There was no word on a motive for this shooting. No arrests have been made."


I am guessing we can all figure out a motive, seven shots seems like more than a robbery attempt and he'd been getting threats.

[marshmallow]

What do sprinters eat before a race?

[Nomad]

It's difficult to imagine that someone who did so much for people and his community would be the target of intended violence, but this is the world we live in. No matter how much good you do, there will be people that hate you for it.

[Boston Babe 73]

https://6abc.com/josh-kruger-murder-...ices/13854808/

"There was no word on a motive for this shooting. No arrests have been made."


I am guessing we can all figure out a motive, seven shots seems like more than a robbery attempt and he'd been getting threats.

The motive was some racist asshole wanted him gone to "protict tha childrens from pervirts".

I'd bet my life on it.

[Bewitchingstorm]

His FB: https://www.facebook.com/joshkrugerPHL

[Nomad]

They had an LGBTQ+ rally in his honor in front of City Hall here in Philly the other day, which I just happened to be passing by while doing stuff in Center City - so I stopped and joined in. His murder affected a lot of people here.

[Boston Babe 73]

They had an LGBTQ+ rally in his honor in front of City Hall here in Philly the other day, which I just happened to be passing by while doing stuff in Center City - so I stopped and joined in. His murder affected a lot of people here.

This makes me happy that he's being remembered.

[Nomad]

This makes me happy that he's being remembered.

Philly is not a city that tolerates shit like this. People here are PISSED and they're talking about it.

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ni...fcb9acdc&ei=53

Nineteen-year-old acquaintance charged with murder in the death of a Philadelphia journalist

An acquaintance has been charged in the death of a Philadelphia journalist who went from sleeping on the street to working for the mayor to writing columns on the city’s most pressing social issues.

Robert Edmond Davis, 19, faces murder, weapons counts and related charges in the death of Josh Kruger, 39, who was shot and killed at his Philadelphia home Oct. 2. A warrant had been issued for Davis four days later and authorities have said they have video of him in the area of Kruger’s home before the shooting.

Davis was arrested at his South Philadelphia home Wednesday night. Authorities have said the motive behind the killing remains unclear but that the pair were in a relationship.

It was not clear Thursday if Davis has retained an attorney. His mother, Damica Davis, told The Philadelphia Inquirer that if her son did kill Kruger, there’s no excuse, noting “it’s tragic what happened, but I feel like my son is a victim in this, as well."

[Angiebla]

They dont know the motive but they were in a relationship.

[raisedbywolves]

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...phone/3877815/

Yet, Davis' mother -- joined by his older brother, Quran along with a family friend -- spoke out on Wednesday, calling for officials to release messages, photos and videos that, they claim, exist on Kruger's phone.

As he was formerly employed by the city, Damica Davis called Kruger a public figure, and claimed he had began an inappropriate relationship with her son when he was just 15-years-old.

"I don't want the evidence that they found in this man's phone just to get swept under the rug," she said.

Davis lived with his family just down the street from Kruger and, his mother said, the two met on a dating app for LGBTQ men in a relationship that began five years before the murder.

She also claimed the two regularly used drugs together.

According to Davis' family, on the day Kruger was killed, he was allegedly threatening to release images -- that the suspect killer's family argue Kruger had of Davis -- if the younger man didn't do something sexual for him.

Davis' mother said her son refused and, in response, Davis told her he "lost it."