William Trippley was a 20-year-old soccer player from Chester, Pennsylvania who was struck in the crossfire of a gunfight on Edgmont Avenue on April 11, 2004, and died of a gunshot wound to the head the following day. The shooting occurred on Easter Sunday and devastated his family and community.

Two men identified in the incident were Michael Cropps, 25, and Jermany Akeem Dorsey, 20. Both were charged in connection with Trippley’s killing; Cropps later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, weapons charges, and aggravated assault. Sentencing for the defendants included long prison terms.

Trippley’s mother, Patricia Trippley-Demiranda, and his friends set up the William Trippley Youth Development Foundation to support grieving children and families in Chester and to work against youth violence.