Police probe Facebook link in deadly home invasion
Police are investigating whether a photo posted on Facebook triggered a home invasion which left a Philadelphia man dead.
Fifty-year-old Tony Harris last week uploaded a photo of his wife with a pile of cash. The caption said: “I misplaced $60,000. I hope my wife didn’t go shopping with it.”
Three men entered the couple’s home in the Kingsessing section on Monday night and demanded money.
Harris was shot and died at a hospital on Tuesday.
His nephew, Anthony Fleming, told the Philadelphia Inquirer the post was a joke and the pile of cash was made up of $1 bills with $20 bills on top.
Homicide Capt. James Clark says it’s possible the photo is connected to the case.
Police are looking for three suspects.
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