Terrance Webster is not forgotten.
Webster is the 2-year-old who was gunned down in his father’s arms as they entered their Chester home in June.
His murder was one of a spate of fatal street shootings that moved Mayor Wendell Butler to enact a state of emergency in the city, including a strict curfew and ban on public gatherings in five violence-plagued sections of the city.
But the murder of Terrance Webster – and 16 others in the city stretching back over six years – remain unsolved.
To that end, the Delaware County District Attorney’s office yesterday petitioned county court to empanel a new investigative grand jury to probe the rash of unsolved killings in the city.
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Nothing else has worked. Clearly a lot of people in Chester are too afraid to come forward to tell what they know. The grand jury should help in that area. All matters that come before them are done in secret.
In addition, witnesses can be compelled to appear before the probers and risk jail if they fail to comply.
The murder of Terrance Webster is unsolved, but it is not forgotten.
Let’s hope the grand jury yields results.
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