Confrontation between 2 men at woman's Lansdale apartment leads to deadly shooting: DA

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
LANSDALE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A man was killed Monday night while visiting his girlfriend's apartment in Lansdale, Montgomery County, according to the district attorney's office.

Lansdale police responded to a home in the 400 block of Walnut Street, near West 5th Street, just after 11 p.m.
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When officers arrived, they found 21-year-old Wesley Wayne Smith, of Philadelphia, dead on the floor of the master bedroom and a second man suffering from gunshot wounds.

According to investigators, Smith was visiting his girlfriend's apartment when the father of her children, 21-year-old Christopher Moore Jr., broke into the unit through a bathroom window and started shooting.

Smith returned fire, injuring Moore, officials said.
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Moore was flown to Jefferson Hospital and is expected to survive.

An autopsy on Smith's body is scheduled for Tuesday, officials said.
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