Joseph Torres was 27 when he was shot in the head during a drug transaction behind Mano’s Gulf station on Kerlin Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 27, 2015. He was found bleeding and taken to Crozer Medical Center, where he died on July 28, 2015. Torres was a union carpenter, enjoyed basketball, and is survived by his wife, Victoria L. Torres, and their daughter, Leah.
Investigators say Torres had arranged to buy Percocet pills from Leyron D. Johns, 20, of Chester. Surveillance video reportedly shows Johns shooting Torres once in the back of the head. A 23-year-old accomplice, Ronald Myers, is described as helping by pushing Torres and driving Torres’ truck to an alley; Myers later cooperated and testified against Johns.
Johns was convicted of first-degree murder, robbery, and possession of an instrument of crime; Myers pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and received a prison sentence. Does anyone have memories of Torres or information about the events that night?