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Friday, 29 March 2024

Arrest Made In Cold Case Murder Of Delaware County Football Player

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Arrest Made In Cold Case Murder Of Delaware County Football Player
Arrest Made In Cold Case Murder Of Delaware County Football Player
Chantee Lans reports.

911.THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYSTHE ODOR WAS NOT HARMFUL..NEW TONIGHT, AN ARREST MORETHAN THREE YEARS IN THE MAKING.POLICE BELIEVE THEY HAVE THEPAIR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDEROF A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALLPLAYER."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCHANTEE LANS JOINS US FROMOUTSIDE THE YEADON POLICEDEPARTMENT TONIGHT WITH HOWDETECTIVES SOLVED THE CASE.CHANTEE.UKEE POLICE SAY VITALCONFESSION ALONG WITHSURVEILLANCE VIDEO HELPEDDETECTIVES CRACK THIS CASE.18-YEAR-OLD ZION VAUGHNPENNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL LINEBACKERGUNNED DOWN AND ROBBED DECEMBER2016 AT HOME BULLOCK AVENUE.CASE WENT COLD UNTIL NOW.POLICE CHARGED 22-YEAR-OLDRODNEY GARY OF LANSDOWNE LASTWEEK.DURING THE COURSE OF THEINVESTIGATION, OFFICERSDEVELOPED VIDEO, WHERE WE WEREABLE TO COME UP WITH TWOSUSPECTS.THOSE TWO SUSPECTS WERE SEENWALKING AROUND 8 P.M.

ON CHURCHLANE.THE MAN ON THE RIGHT IS THEN19-YEAR-OLD RODNEY GARY AND THEMAN ON THE LEFT IS A SECONDSUSPECT ALREADY IN PRISON INNORTH JERSEY ON SEPARATE FEDERALAND ROBBERY RELATED CHARGES.THE BUSINESS CHARITY CAMERAYEADON POLICE RELEASED IN 2016TO THE PUBLIC CAPTURED THEM INEXCHANGE WITH VAUGHN.THEY'RE TALKING AND THAT'STHE SHADOW THAT YOU SGLEE THENWATCH CLOSELY AS VAUGHN ON THELEFT TURNING AROUND TO SHOW THESUSPECTS RECEIVED THEIR PHONECALL AND HAS THEIR NUMBER.HE THEN WALKS INSIDE THE STOREWITH A FRIEND.ABOUT AN HOUR LATER POLICE SAYVAUGHN MET UP WITH THE TWOSUSPECTS AGAIN.WAS ROBBED OF HIS CELL PHONE ANDSHOT ONCE IN HIS BACK AS HETRIED TO RUN AWAY.POLICE SAY GARY CONFESSED.HE WILL BE ARRAIGNED ONHOMICIDE, ROBBERY AND RELATEDCHARGES.DELAWARE COUNTY DISTRICTATTORNEY JACK STOLLSHEIMERACKNOWLEDGED VICTIM'S FAMILY.THING WE CAN SAY TODAY FAMILYOF THE VICTIM HERE WITH USTODAY.THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SEE I HOPETODAY, THE FIRST STEP IN FINDINGJUSTICE FOR ZION.FAMILY DECLINED TO SPEAK ONCAMERA.

BUT I DID SPEAK WITHPENNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL COACH.HE SAID HE'S RELIEVED THERE WASAN ARREST.AS FAR AS THE SUSPECT, RODNEYGARY IS EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED

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