Victims of murder, fatal fall ID’d

Posted: October 18, 2012

Philadelphia police have released the names of a Feltonville man slain by masked juveniles and of a Walmart Inc. technician who died in a fatal fall.

The homicide happened about 8 p.m. Tuesday when two masked males, believed to be in their mid-teens, followed a man and his wife into their residence on the 400 block of East Rockland Street in Feltonville, according to police.

Upon arrival, police found the victim shot once in the head and bleeding on the foyer. The man was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 8:29 p.m.

He was identified as Lance Stone, 39.

Police believe the killing was drug-related, with illegal drugs found on the victim at the hospital.

The wife was uninjured, and the assailants fled on foot.

The fatal accident happened Tuesday afternoon at a Northeast Sam's Club, when a technician fell through the roof while attempting to fix an alarm.

He was Robert Semmens, 55, from Edgewater Park, Burlington County.

The tragic accident happened about 1:40 p.m. at the warehouse club store at 1000 Franklin Mills Circle.

"We have lost a valued member of our Wal-Mart family, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family," said Sam's Club spokesman Mark Scott.


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

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