Police look to identify two suspects in Sansom Park burglary turned homicide
SANSOM PARK — Police are looking to identify two suspects seen running away from the area of a fatal shooting last Friday morning in Sansom Park.
Richard Applegate, 42, was fatally shot Friday morning near Skyline Drive, Sansom Park police said.
The family of Applegate says he was killed around 6:15 a.m. at home after he confronted two young males threatening them. The family says that the confrontation began with the two males falsely accusing Applegate's mother of calling the police on them earlier that morning.
One of the suspects pulled out a gun from his backpack and shot Applegate as he tried to protect his family. The suspects then fled the scene on foot.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Sansom Park police at CID@sansompark.org.
