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WEST CHESTER — Authorities are seeking a Spring City man they say fatally shot and robbed a man outside the Park Springs Apartment Community in East Vincent early Saturday morning.
The Chester County District Attorney’s Office and East Vincent Township Police Department announced an arrest warrant for first-degree murder and robbery has been issued for Quinzell Chucky Mickey, 41, of Spring City, for fatally shooting William Stafford, 33, of Spring City.
Mickey is charged with murder in the first, second, and third degrees, robbery, person not to possess a firearm and related offenses.
“This was a senseless, cold-blooded, execution-style murder,” Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said in a statement released Saturday night. “The defendant had no legal right to own a gun and now has tragically ended the life of a young man who leaves behind a family including his children. We send our deepest condolences to Mr. Stafford’s family and friends. Our office will do everything in our power to hold the defendant accountable for this devastating loss.”
East Vincent Township Police Chief Matt Williams said, “We need the public’s help to locate Quinzell Mickey to bring justice on behalf of William Stafford. Law enforcement is working around the clock to find him, and we will not stop until he is behind bars. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call 911 if he’s seen.”
The DA’s office released the following account of the incident from the criminal complaint:
On Saturday, April 15, at approximately 2:33 a.m., the East Vincent Township Police Department was dispatched to the Park Springs Apartment Community at 110 Park Springs Blvd. in East Vincent Township for the report of a shooting.
Upon arrival, an East Vincent police officer found William Stafford, laying in the road in front of a white Ford Taurus suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics arrived soon after and pronounced Stafford deceased.
Through investigation by members of the East Vincent Township Police Department and the Chester County Detectives, police identified Quinzell Chucky Mickey as the suspect who shot Stafford. Video surveillance obtained from the apartment building shows the incident.
The surveillance video shows that at 2:28 a.m., the Ford Taurus arrived and stopped in front of 110 Park Springs Blvd. Mickey exited from the driver’s seat and Stafford exited from the front passenger seat. Mickey walked to the trunk of the car, re-entered the driver’s seat, exited again, and shot Stafford while he was standing next to the car.
Stafford fell to the ground, and Mickey walked over to him, and while standing over him, he shot Stafford twice more. Mickey was also seen punching Stafford after he was shot and on the ground. Next, Mickey is observed searching the victim’s body and removing items from his clothes. Mickey may have placed the items taken from the victim inside the rear passenger side of the vehicle.
Mickey is then seen running away from the car in an eastward direction, and toward the surveillance camera, wearing a white T-shirt, dark pants, and white sneakers, with a jacket or hooded sweatshirt in his hands.
Additional surveillance video showed the defendant walking to his residence at the 900 block of Park Springs Blvd. and entering the area of the front door which was out of camera view. He was seen a few minutes later on camera walking back toward the scene of the murder wearing a different dark-colored shirt. He then fled the area on foot.
Mickey was subsequently identified by several witnesses as the man on the surveillance video. Other witnesses also reported hearing gunshots at the time of the murder. Police canvassed the area and learned that a witness saw a male on top of the victim beating him.
If you have information about this case, call Chester County Detectives at 610-344-6866 or East Vincent Township Police Department at 610-933-0115.
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