{"id":1514521,"date":"2026-06-10T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=3a5f2decc3f4ec5108a6bc6d45cf6d5a"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:09:41","slug":"vigil-protest-to-be-held-for-penn-state-student-shot-dead-near-his-home-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1514521","title":{"rendered":"Vigil, protest to be held for Penn State student shot dead near his home in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/e750e49d7cd9892b6c42a22dc50b12fd.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>An undated photo of Billy Schmidt, 22, who was killed June 6, 2026. (Bill Schmidt)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(PHILADELPHIA) -- A vigil and protest will be held in honor of a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/US\/penn-state-student-shot-dead-home-philadelphia-police\/story?id=133678368\">Penn State University student who was fatally shot<\/a>&nbsp;about one block from his Philadelphia home.<\/p><p>William \"Billy\" Schmidt, 22, was shot in the chest at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in an apparent robbery, according to Philadelphia police.<\/p><p>No arrests have been made, police said on Wednesday.<\/p><p>Billy Schmidt had been watching the NBA Finals game with his friends at a bar and was walking home when he was shot, his father, Bill Schmidt, told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/philadelphia-police-investigating-man-dies-being-shot-chest-durfor-street-south\/19245655\/\">Philadelphia ABC station WPVI<\/a>.<\/p><p>\"He was a really good person who cared about everybody,\" Bill Schmidt said. \"... For him to get shot like that is a travesty.\"<\/p><p>The vigil and protest, called \"Justice for Billy,\" will be held Thursday evening in Philadelphia.<\/p><p>\"We are taking our streets back. ... we won't stop until our community is safe,\" the flyer said.<\/p><p>The 22-year-old was studying digital journalism and media at Penn State World Campus, according to the university.<\/p><p>\"We are heartbroken over the tragic death of William Schmidt, and we share our&nbsp;deepest&nbsp;condolences with his family and friends,\" a Penn State spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p><p><em>ABC News'&nbsp;Jessica&nbsp;Gorman contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An undated photo of Billy Schmidt, 22, who was killed June 6, 2026. (Bill Schmidt)(PHILADELPHIA) &#8212; A vigil and protest will be held in honor of a&nbsp;Penn State University student who was fatally shot&nbsp;about one block from his Philadelphia home.W&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":1514524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/e750e49d7cd9892b6c42a22dc50b12fd.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1502,1447],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-heads","category-abc-national-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 13:10:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/e750e49d7cd9892b6c42a22dc50b12fd.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1514521"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1514541,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514521\/revisions\/1514541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1514524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1514521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1514521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1514521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}