A man was fatally shot while driving, causing a crash that killed another man in Delaware County late Friday night, police said.
According to police, just before 10 p.m., state troopers responded to the area of Interstate 95 northbound at mile marker 6.4 to Interstate 476 north in Ridley Township for a report of a two-vehicle crash with unknown injuries called in by a witness who passed by the scene.
When troopers arrived on the scene, police said they found the crash on the I-95 ramp to I-476 north just prior to MacDade Boulevard.
Troopers found what appeared to be a two-vehicle crash in the right shoulder blocking the right travel lane on the ramp, according to police.
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Police said preliminary investigation revealed that a brown or dark gray-colored 2010 Chevrolet Malibu was disabled and that the driver -- identified as 33-year-old Joshua Waltz of Odessa, Delaware -- was outside his vehicle standing at the rear bumper.
Then a gray 2010 Mazda 5 traveled on the right shoulder and made contact with the right concrete barrier and guide rail before it dragged itself along the barrier for approximately 1/4 mile before striking Waltz and the rear bumper of his car, police said.
The driver of the Mazda -- identified as 29-year-old Clinton Martin of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania -- was pronounced dead on the scene from an apparent gunshot wound, police said. Waltz was found under the Mazda and pronounced dead on the scene.
Police are investigating this incident as a homicide.
Troopers are asking that anyone driving in the area during the time of this incident that have a vehicle equipped with a dash cam or any other mobile recording devices on their vehicles to contact Pennsylvania State Police to assist with this investigation.
Loved ones speak out
The family of one of the men killed told NBC10's Brian Sheehan that he was a hard worker and gentle giant. In the midst of their grief, they are trying to piece this mystery together and desperately want to know what led up to all of this.
“I planned to grow old with this man. I mean, he had a heart of gold," Aleah Wilson said.
Wilson is the girlfriend of Clinton Martin. She, along with his mother and siblings are devastated. They are trying to grasp the fact that Martin is never coming home.
“I’m heartbroken. I can’t believe somebody took my son. I’m mad. I’m hurt and I’m mad," Constance Newton, Martin's mother, said. “He drives fast. I think he got under somebody’s skin, and they didn’t like it.”
His sister, Clinita Martin, said, “It’s a tragedy and I just wish I can bring him back. And I just feel like I wasn’t there to help him.”
Wilson said that she was planning to spend the rest of her life with Martin who was a dedicated store manager at Dollar General. She told NBC10 that Martin was a loving man to her five children.
“Please. Please. Anybody. Just anybody. Please, just tell us something. They got cameras somewhere. Somebody gotta know something," she said.
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