NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Montgomery County officials are investigating a robbery and homicide in Norristown that left William Grover Carter, 35, of Norristown, dead of a gunshot wound.
At approximately 7:50 p.m., Norristown Police were dispatched to West Wood Street and Powell Street for a report of shots fired. They arrived to find Carter dead on the sidewalk on the west side of West Wood Street. A joint homicide investigation by Norristown Police and Montgomery County Detectives found that Carter left the home of an acquaintance on Powell Street to retrieve something from his vehicle when he was attacked, robbed and shot.
Video surveillance captured three male subjects as they ran from a grey Toyota RAV-4 and robbed the victim. A fourth male remained in the driver’s seat of the Toyota. After they robbed him, one suspect shot and killed Carter. The men then fled in the Toyota, driving westbound on West Wood Street at a high rate of speed
