Man found dead on sidewalk hours after shooting in Norristown, Montgomery County
According to Chief Derrick E. Wood, officers responded to the area on Monday night, but the body of Stephan Bates was not found.
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Police in Norristown, Montgomery County are investigating after a man was found on a sidewalk hours after he had been fatally shot.
Video from Chopper 6 showed crime scene tape and multiple evidence markers on the sidewalk in the 900 block of W Marshall Street, near where the man's body was found on Tuesday morning.
Neighbors said the victim was shot and killed late Monday night, but his body was still at the scene until about 11 a.m.
According to Chief Derrick E. Wood, officers responded to the area on Monday night, but the body of Stephan Bates was not found.
"In this instance, where there was a single call for shots fired, several officers did survey the area and spoke to multiple people who gave different locations for the area where the gunshots came from. The officers may not have left their vehicles because there was no activity in the area, and
multiple locations were given. The officers surveyed for 28 minutes before leaving to handle other assignments," Wood said.
Wood also said it is NPD policy to canvass the impacted area on foot, at all times, and that an internal investigation is underway.
Now, Bates' daughter Byeia Johnson is questioning why it took police so long to remove his body from the sidewalk.
"I was receiving videos of his body. They left him outside, he was out there all night. They said it happened last night. They heard gunshots, they called the police, said the police rode past and nothing. Then they didn't come out here until this morning," she said.
Police confirmed they did not find Bates's body until someone called 911 about seven hours later.
There was no immediate word yet on what led to the shooting.
Anyone with information is asked to call police.
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