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An acquaintance has been charged within the demise of a Philadelphia journalist who went from sleeping on the road to working for the mayor to writing columns on the town’s most urgent social points.
Robert Edmond Davis, 19, faces homicide, weapons counts and associated costs within the demise of Josh Kruger, 39, who was shot and killed at his Philadelphia residence Oct. 2. A warrant had been issued for Davis 4 days later and authorities have stated they’ve video of him within the space of Kruger’s residence earlier than the capturing.
Davis was arrested at his South Philadelphia residence Wednesday night time. Authorities have stated the motive behind the killing stays unclear however that the pair had been in a relationship.
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This photograph exhibits Josh Kruger, left, talking to the communications director of the Workplace of Homeless Providers in Philadelphia. ((Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer through AP))
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It was not clear Thursday if Davis has retained an lawyer. His mom, Damica Davis, informed The Philadelphia Inquirer that if her son did kill Kruger, there’s no excuse, noting “it’s tragic what occurred, however I really feel like my son is a sufferer on this, as properly.”
Kruger was shot seven instances at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed on the street after looking for assist, police stated. He was pronounced useless at a hospital a short while later.
The slaying was felt deeply at Metropolis Corridor and amongst individuals concerned within the many causes he cared about: dependancy, homelessness, HIV and LGBTQ+ advocacy, journalism and bicycling, to call a couple of.
“One of many worst elements of being homeless in city America is feeling invisible. When individuals don’t acknowledge your humanity, you start to query it your self,” he wrote in a 2015 column for The Philadelphia Citizen, simply three years after he himself slept exterior a legislation agency close to Rittenhouse Sq..
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In more moderen columns, he condemned Metropolis Council members as cowards for banning supervised injection websites in most elements of the town; dismissed debates about politically appropriate language over homelessness as inappropriate; and, in a ultimate column, dove into the town’s collective grief over the sudden demise final month of Temple College’s performing president JoAnne Epps.
Kruger dealt with social media for the mayor and communications for the Workplace of Homeless Providers from about 2016 to 2021. He left metropolis authorities to give attention to writing initiatives.
He wrote at varied instances for Philadelphia Weekly, Philadelphia Metropolis Paper, The Philadelphia Inquirer and different publications, incomes awards for his poignant and sometimes humorous type.
On his web site, he described himself as a “militant bicyclist” and “a proponent of the singular they, the Oxford comma, and pre-Elon Twitter.”
Man faces homicide cost linked to demise of Philadelphia journalist
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