Who killed Levern Jackson III?

ByRick Williams and Heather Grubola WPVI logo
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Who killed Levern Jackson III?
Who killed Levern Jackson III? Rick Williams reports during Action News at 10:30 p.m. on April 20, 2019.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A mother on vacation in Florida learns that her son is shot and killed. Now she's coming to you for help in finding his killer.

"My son was a happy-go-lucky person. He cared about everyone. He just always wanted to see a smile on everyone's face," said Tonya Kamper.

On Tuesday, August 14, Tonya Kamper was on vacation in Florida when she got a call about her son Levern Jackson III.

"A friend of the family called and told me to get to Beechwood and Chelten and I said I'm in Florida I can't get there," Kamper said.

At 11:16 p.m. police were called to the 6400 block of Beechwood Street in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section. That's where they found 29-year-old Jackson shot multiple times. He died at the hospital.

"It was devastating because I wanted to snap my fingers and make it there," Kamper said tearfully.

The City of Philadelphia is offering up to $20,000 in reward money for the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. All you have to do is call the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-TIPS. All calls will remain anonymous.

"Every day I deal with it. I deal with his children asking questions that I can't answer, asking why did they kill my dad," said Kamper. "So please if you know something, do the right thing."