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Sep 17, 2008 6:12 am US/Eastern
Young Father Gunned Down In Yeadon
YEADON, Pa. (CBS 3) ―
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Veno Leigertwood was gunned down by two suspects outside his Yeadon home on September 13.
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Raven Leigertwood is trying to understand what led to the death of her
31-year-old husband Veno in the early morning hours of September 13.
"I have a very hard time believing he's not here, right now. I feel very
alone. I feel very scared," she said.
Veno was shot once the neck outside the family's Church Lane home in Yeadon at 6:30 a.m.
He was apparently loading his computer and some audio visual equipment into a
car before heading to a MBA class at Eastern
University in Radnor.
While his back was turned, Yeadon police said two young men, each wearing a
hooded sweatshirt, fired two shots. One struck Leigertwood in the neck, killing
him instantly.
"My husband was a very good man, he was very good to his family, his
friends to his co workers. He's not the type of person to hurt anybody. He
loved his daughter very much," Raven said.
Veno graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania. He
refurbished investment properties and counseled teenagers at Bartram High School
-- helping them prepare for college. He is survived by his wife and a seven
month old daughter, Nicole.
Through her tears, Raven pleaded for the public's help saying, "Please,
please, if you saw anything, if you heard anything, if you know anything
please. You don't have to tell them who you are. Just please call the
police."
The killers, who witnesses say ran from the scene, are described as small built
black males with dark complexions and close cropped hair. One wore a black
hoodie with dark jeans while second suspect was seen in a white hoodie and dark
colored pants.
"And if the person who is watching this would please just turn himself in.
I'm hoping that we can get peace and understanding as to why this happened. We
are very forgiving people but we just need to know what happened to him,"
Raven said.
The Citizen's Crime Commission is offering a $10,000 reward for information
leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. If you have any information in
this incident, call 215-546-TIPS.
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