Anyone else following the Peter Bernardo Spencer murder case?
The family of a 29-year-old Black man who was killed last month by a former co-worker has called his death a "modern-day lynching." The Pennsylvania State Police confirms that Peter Bernardo Spencer, a Jamaican immigrant living in Pittsburgh, was shot nine times on Dec. 12, 2021, while staying at a cabin in Rockland Township. Some of the bullets struck his head, relatives alleged on a GoFundMe page that had raised money for his funeral.
Authorities say the man who shot Spencer is a 25-year-old white former co-worker of his. According to the Spencer's relatives, who spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer, detectives told them the former co-worker acknowledged shooting Spencer, but said he'd done so in self-defense.
Spencer's family told the Inquirer he had been invited to the cabin by the man who shot him. There were also two other men and a woman at the cabin. They, too, were white. All four were questioned by police and released.
"He was slaughtered and killed in what I consider an act of modern-day lynching," a woman claiming to be Spencer's sister wrote on GoFundMe.
https://people.com/crime/father-to-be-joined-co-worker-on-trip-to-pennsylvania-cabin-then-was-shot-dead/
