{"id":994941,"date":"2026-08-11T22:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/994941\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:37:26","slug":"khadfi-fleming-suspect-in-penn-state-student-murder-and-car-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/994941\/","title":{"rendered":"Khadfi Fleming suspect in Penn State student murder and car theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6400005351112\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_featured-video_5_1\" data-v-7b1896ea=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teen arrested in Penn State student&#8217;s murder, second suspect wanted<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-7b1896ea=\"\">U.S. Marshals announce the arrest of one 16-year-old suspect in Colorado, connected to the murder of Penn State student Billy Schmidt. Philadelphia police confirm both 16-year-olds will be charged as adults for the June 6 robbery and shooting. Kaiseem Smith, the second suspect, remains a fugitive as authorities issue a wanted poster.<\/p>\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">A man who&#8217;s wanted in a recent theft of an off-duty police officer&#8217;s car in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827299\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a> is also a person of interest in the murder of a Penn State University student killed in June.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-underway-college-student-fatally-shot-chasing-robbers-allegedly-stole-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Billy Schmidt, 22, was killed<\/a>\u00a0during an armed robbery attempt that happened June 6 at about 1:30 a.m. Officers found the college student with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to a hospital but pronounced dead at 1:47 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police said 19-year-old Khadfi Fleming was allegedly involved in the theft of an off-duty police officer&#8217;s car in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827301\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827302\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-underway-college-student-fatally-shot-chasing-robbers-allegedly-stole-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>MANHUNT UNDERWAY AFTER COLLEGE STUDENT FATALLY SHOT CHASING ROBBERS WHO ALLEGEDLY STOLE HIS PHONE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Schmidt-5.jpg\" alt=\"Khadfi Fleming in a license picture\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Khadfi Fleming is also a person of interest in the murder of Billy Schmidt, police said. (U.S. Marshals Service)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">According to officials, officers in the area of 70th Street and Lindbergh Boulevard observed a red Lexus traveling without headlights, with a dark SUV following behind it. Two males were then seen running toward the Lexus before shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police said the suspects stole a green Dodge Charger belonging to an off-duty police officer, who pursued them and confronted them before gunfire was heard.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827303\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>SEND US A TIP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Officials said Fleming is also a person of interest in the murder of Schmidt.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827304\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxTrueCrime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON X<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Billy-Schmidt-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Billy Schmidt in a picture\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Billy Schmidt was shot and killed in Philadelphia. (Bill Schmidt)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators said <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827305\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/manhunt-underway-college-student-fatally-shot-chasing-robbers-allegedly-stole-phone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Schmidt was on his way home<\/a> after he watched the NBA Finals with his friends when he was robbed at about 1:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827306\" href=\"https:\/\/link.podtrac.com\/cjdr_fnd_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>LISTEN TO THE NEW &#8216;CRIME &amp; JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO&#8217; PODCAST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827307\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/surveillance-video-captures-penn-state-students-final-moments-fatal-shooting-armed-robbery-attempt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Surveillance video<\/a> appears to show Schmidt saying, &#8220;Give me my phone&#8221; as he chased the suspects. A phone could be seen thrown on the ground, then seconds later a gunshot could be heard.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827308\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAIL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Schmidt-video-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Philadelphia Police Department\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Police released video of the two suspects in the killing and murder of Billy Schmidt. (Philadelphia Police Department)<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fleming&#8217;s 16-year-old brother was <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1827309\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/marshals-nab-teen-wanted-murder-penn-state-student-1700-miles-crime-scene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">taken into custody in Colorado<\/a> in June, as was a second teenager who turned himself in to police.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Schmidt was a student at Penn State World Campus studying journalism, and was set to graduate in December.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Sabes is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/mailto:Adam.Sabes@fox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Adam.Sabes@fox.com<\/a> and on Twitter @asabes10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teen arrested in Penn State student&#8217;s murder, second suspect wanted U.S. Marshals announce the arrest of one 16-year-old&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":994942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,4219,4221,83859,1448,2830,1311,177562,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-994941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america","tag-crime","tag-homicide","tag-manhunt","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-robbery-theft","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117079280828608758","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=994941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/994941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=994941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=994941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=994941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}