JAMAICAN immigrant Peter Spencer was fatally shot in mid-December in what his sister is calling a “modern-day lynching.” Spencer was 29 years old when he was killed and leaves behind his fiancée and their unborn child. Who was Peter Spencer? Peter Spencer was a 29-year-old Black man who immigrated to the US from Jamaica with […]
JAMAICAN immigrant Peter Spencer was fatally shot in mid-December in what his sister is calling a “modern-day lynching.”
Spencer was 29 years old when he was killed and leaves behind his fiancée and their unborn child.
Peter Spencer was a 29-year-old Black man who immigrated to the US from Jamaica with his family.
His sister, Tehilah Spencer, said on the GoFundMe page she set up that her brother had hoped to help their mother open up a restaurant.
She said the decision stemmed from their family tradition in Jamaica when their mother cooked and sold fish and soup every Friday.
Peter Spencer was found dead on December 12 after police were called to the cabin where he was staying in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Spencer’s fiancée, Camila King, said Spencer was invited to a weekend of hunting by a white male coworker.
King did not respond to The Sun’s request for comment in time for this article.
The coworker, whose name has not been released, invited three friends to join them including two men and one woman, according to his sister’s GoFundMe page.
Spencer was the only Black person in the group and he was killed in what his sister is calling a “hate crime.”
He was found at approximately 2.30am with nine gunshot wounds. The Black Political Empowerment Project (BPEP) says they want answers to what happened to Spencer and why no charges have been filed.
The CEO of BPEP, Tim Stevens, told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4, “We are talking six bullets into the chest, two into the buttocks, and one we have a different opinion – either through the mouth or from the neck out of the mouth.”
In a letter written to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, the Venango County DA’s office, and others, Stevens demanded an “immediate investigation” into Spencer’s murder.
He also demanded that “this murder be considered as a hate crime and an act of domestic terrorism.”
One 25-year-old male is currently in custody and has claimed the shots were fired in self-defense.
Stevens said he did not think the man’s claims were “an unexplainable defense,” adding “… we can’t help but wonder if there was some racial animosity and if this possibly could be a hate crime.”
Police did not provide further information when contacted by The Sun.
Peter Spencer’s sister and fiancée have set up separate GoFundMe pages to help with the investigation. The pages have collectively earned nearly $13,000 since December 14.
Spencer’s fiancée, Camila King, said she has hired a criminal attorney to investigate the case after she and his family were turned away when asking police for further information.
“(Peter Spencer) was the only black individual at the campsite and is being portrayed as the aggressor,” King said. “
The Franklin state troopers office will not give Peter’s family nor myself any information regarding this incident.”
Tehilah Spencer said her brother was “murdered in cold blood,” adding, “this is a hate crime” and an act of “modern-day lynching.”
