Filmmaker shot to death while shooting documentary on gun violence

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A filmmaker working on a documentary about gun violence became the victim of that very thing Monday night in Philadelphia.

ABC News in Philladelphia reports that Anthony Merriett, 55, was part of a film crew interviewing family members of children who’d been shot dead, according to cops. When Merriett went to his van to fetch equipment around 8 p.m., he too was shot several times and soon after pronounced dead in a Pennsylvania hospital.

Police reportedly found a bag filled with production equipment and two cellphones on a sidewalk, but were not sure if the victim’s wallet was missing. Investigators are still searching for suspects and a motive.

The Philadelphia City Council planned to convene a special committee Tuesday to address the prevention of gun violence, according to ABC. Monday’s killing was Philadelphia’s 119th of 2021.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/filmmaker-shot-to-death-while-shooting-documentary-on-gun-violence/ar-BB1f8itU?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnbfcL

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. That's the purist definition of irony I've ever come across.

[marble falls]

2. But guns are no problem.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. They Make Us All So Much Safer

[chowder66]

4. How awful. God I hate guns. nt

[crickets]

5. Oh, my god *enough* already. Poor man. nt