A devastating chain of events on a Delaware County highway late Friday night resulted in the deaths of two men, igniting a homicide investigation by Pennsylvania State Police. As reported by FOX 29, the incident began with a man sustaining a gunshot wound while driving; the wounded driver, identified as Clinton Martin, 29, of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, collided with another vehicle and a man standing at the shoulder of the I-95 ramp to 476.
The sequence commenced just before 10 p.m. when Martin, battling the injury caused by the bullet, erratically steered his gray 2010 Mazda 5 along the right shoulder barrier of the ramp for about a quarter of a mile, and during this ordeal he hit Joshua Waltz, 33, of Odessa, Delaware, standing near the rear of his disabled Chevrolet Malibu. Upon responding to the scene, PSP found Martin deceased inside his car, evident from the gunshot wound, and Waltz’s life was claimed under Martin’s vehicle, both were declared dead at the grim scene, detailed in a statement obtained by NBC10 Philadelphia.
Investigators are piecing together this tragic puzzle and have prompted anyone with recordings or dash camera footage to assist, pointing towards the critical value such evidence may hold in resolving the mysteries surrounding the incident as the shooting's exact origin remains unknown, this request was echoed by 6ABC. Amidst profound sorrow, the bereaved families are grappling with the incomprehensible loss “I planned to grow old with this man. I mean, he had a heart of gold," Aleah Wilson, the girlfriend of Martin, expressed in an interview with NBC10 Philadelphia.
"Please. Please. Anybody. Just anybody. Please, just tell us something. They got cameras somewhere. Somebody gotta know something," implored Wilson, according to NBC10 Philadelphia.
