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Reuters Photo. Rescue workers search through rubble following a building collapse in Philadelphia. |
Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison says the inspector was found fatally shot in a pickup truck Wednesday night. The man was a Department of Licenses and Inspections employee who had inspected the building May 14.
Officials were informing department staff Thursday morning and the man's name wasn't immediately being released.
City officials are planning a news conference.
The building was being demolished when it collapsed onto a neighboring Salvation Army Thrift Store on June 5, killing two employees and four customers. Police allege a heavy equipment operator was high on marijuana when it happened.
The 42-year-old demolition equipment operator, Sean Benschop, faces six counts of involuntary manslaughter, six counts of risking catastrophe and other charges, said Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison.
Authorities have said Benschop had been using an excavator when what was left of the four-story building gave way and fell on top the neighboring store.
The city's top prosecutor is convening a grand jury to look into the collapse.
"We will not accept the status quo in the face of this tragedy," Mayor Michael Nutter said last week.
