Sante Shelton's family says he was a father of eight children. As police investigate the deadly shooting, his grieving parents have a message for their son's killer. MattPetrillo reports
PHILADELPHIA — We now know the name of the father shot and killed just moments after leaving a gym in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond section Monday night. As police investigate, CBS3 spoke to the victim’s grieving parents. They have a message for their son’s killer.“He’s my only son,” said Michelle Payne, the victim’s mother.The family of 42-year-old Sante Shelton, of West Philadelphia, says he was taken from them too soon.
“My goal now is to raise my grandkids because they don’t have a father,” Shelton said. “It don’t make no sense. I’ve served for 20 years. I’ve been overseas in three war zones and here is worst than there.”“There needs to be an outcry from this community. We need to stand up and say, ‘No more. This is it, we’re tired of losing our kids,'” Shaheed Shelton said.
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