Slain W. Phila. man was target of Facebook plot

Posted: August 16, 2011

This morning, police released the identity of a man fatally shot in the chest Monday evening in West Philadelphia.

It soon turned out that the victim, Corey White, 22, had been the target of a plot on Facebook.

White was shot outdoors about 7:45 p.m. in the 5100 block of Hadfield Street, a couple of blocks from where he lived, in the 5100 block of Webster Street.

He was pronounced dead at 8:21 p.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Police had no suspects as of this morning.

For details on the Facebook case, go to http://bit.ly/rkNY21.


Contact staff writer Peter Mucha at 215-854-4342 or pmucha@phillynews.com.

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