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At long last, we can all gander at Mustafa Ali's police mug shot. I know that by current news cycle standards, this is already an 'old' story. But so many of you contributed to a lively discussion about Mustafa -- who has been charged with murdering two retired cops earlier this month -- that I felt obligated to post his picture.
From the looks of it, the police brutality angle can probably now be ruled out as an explanation for the delay in releasing his mug shot. For anyone who needs a refresher, here's the story we ran when Mustafa was arrested and allegedly confessed to gunning down both Joseph Alullo and William Widmaier.

Comments (62)
Thanks, I think it makes us all feel better that there was no brutality involved. Good public involvement in turning him in and good police work nailing him.
Maybe this kind of outcome will help turn the tide on "snitching", which is a great thing for the city.
Posted by John Q | October 18, 2007 5:44 PM
Posted on October 18, 2007 17:44
I love you Mustafa and I miss you.
Posted by Anonymous | October 18, 2007 8:05 PM
Posted on October 18, 2007 20:05
who ever wrote the above should burn in hell, fucktard
Posted by Anonymous | October 19, 2007 5:40 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 17:40
I AM ALWAYS GOING TO THINK OF YOU AND WHY YOU CHOSE SUCH A HORRIBLE PATH.
Posted by high school | October 19, 2007 8:04 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 20:04
Shawn, I love you then and love you now.I am so heart- broken over your actions.My deepest sympathy to your family and the victims' family.
Posted by Anonymous | October 19, 2007 8:09 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 20:09
To the writer "I love you Mustafa" I don't think he'll have internet access for awhile. Its kind of pathetic that someone would "pretend" to know him or act like they really care about him just to get a reaction on this sight. The same person that badmouths any thing positive on here and is probaly a Dallad Cowboy fan as well because he likes to stir the pot. You go you rebel you...you are a WILDman. Oh before you reply and say I really do know him...name 3 of his last 10 addresses he has or his DOB if you "really" know him so well.
Posted by Phillycop | October 20, 2007 9:36 PM
Posted on October 20, 2007 21:36
Shawn I will always love you no matter what. It hurts me that you have taken this path. I love you so much. It brings tears to my eyes to hear this news. Just no that I love you and I am praying for you.
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007 10:19 AM
Posted on October 21, 2007 10:19
this is ya nephew...and i love u uncle ali....im not goin put my name on here cuz i dont want nobody comin to my crib questioning me....but i love u uncle ali and i will see u soon when i come up to see u in jail......i know you didnt really mean to kill those guards just as u told me
love you
Posted by Munch | October 21, 2007 8:17 PM
Posted on October 21, 2007 20:17
nephew of ali... you don't want your name but u want the public to know he didn't "mean" to kill them? then why didn't he give them a chance to give him the money in the truck which, I know for a FACT they would have done.. this is one of the children of those murdered
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 12:32 AM
Posted on October 22, 2007 00:32
nephew of ali... you don't want your name but u want the public to know he didn't "mean" to kill them? then why didn't he give them a chance to give him the money in the truck which, I know for a FACT they would have done.. this is one of the children of those murdered
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 12:32 AM
Posted on October 22, 2007 00:32
Thats right Munch. Show some love to your Uncle. I know he didnt mean to kill those guards either. And you know of course when you say that people are gonna attack you because they all wish that everyone in the world hated Shawn. But Shawn got family too. And to me they keep saying "execution style". But to me execution style is lining people up and putting 20-50 bullets in them. I know he didnt mean to kill. Im sorry people but not everyone hates Shawn...like you want us too. Im not gonna say who I am either..or who Im close to in his family. Shawn just know you got love over here.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 8:55 AM
Posted on October 22, 2007 08:55
By the way...if people want to see excution style...they need to come to the land of the gang bang where a 14 year old boy was shot 21 times over a bicycle. Murdered on the scene.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 9:02 AM
Posted on October 22, 2007 09:02
My family and I completely feel for the family of the alleged killer, do not get my wrong, we have said numerous times that people who did not know anything about it and were close to him have been affected and we are sorry to those people. Everyone is not expected to HATE him, you can have your own opinion, I for one am sad that my father was killed in a senseless act not matter if he "meant" to or not, and can we please stop mentioning execution style, the fact is the men were murdered, doesn't matter what style thank you
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 1:48 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 13:48
I was planning on going to see Shawn today but I didn't. Because my freinds and family think it's a mistake. I want everyone to know that I am not condoling Shawn's actions but the the person I know could not have done this unlesshe's either medically or mentally ill. I hope his lawyer get him checked out thoroughly. I loved and cared about him for so long and I wish I was in his life to help in out. I hope I can still help him out. Shawn is triuly a great guy that have make stupid & terrible decisions. I want whoerver goes to see him to let him know that he's loved and LW is praying for him and hopefully I'll visit.
Posted by high school | October 22, 2007 4:59 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 16:59
To High School:
Well if you cared so much about him then you would go and visit him. But you have to be on his visiting list. And you can still help him out if you loved and cared for him for so long. Love never ends. And I assume you are an adult...so I dont think you need to have your family's permission to go and see him. I know you may be feeling different emotions right now. But dont sit here and say you were about to go and see him. If you want to see him then go. But he has his peoples that will always be in his corner...no matter what people say or what people think. And you need to get checked out mentally.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 5:11 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 17:11
So basically you sitting here saying that you loved and cared for him..but the in th same breath you let other people dictate your love for him. He has a wife and you are not her.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 5:17 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 17:17
To High School:
You know if you are shaky about going to see him because of what your family and friends may think of you...you can always write him. And like I said...I dont think it is a mistake to reach out to someone in need. Call the jail and write him...and then go from there.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 6:24 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 18:24
To High School:
And by the way, Shawn is not medically or mentally ill. So you need to chill out.
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007 6:36 PM
Posted on October 22, 2007 18:36
I know Shawn has a wife. My feelings for him has nothing to do with his marriage and I am glad that I am not his wife. I can just imagine the hell she is going through. My love for Shawn comes from a place of famaliarity and regrets.Talking to someone when you are in a crisis would have probably shown Shawn a different way of dealing.So I'll be sure to take your advice and talk to someone.
Posted by High school | October 23, 2007 1:38 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 13:38
As anyone seen Shawn since his arrest?
Posted by Angel | October 23, 2007 1:45 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 13:45
High School:
You can still be there for him it is not too late. Write him a letter. And go from there. But you cant just pop up without being on his visitng list. They will make you leave the premises. If I were you I would at least be a friend to him. That doesnt hurt. Having a big heart doesnt hurt.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 2:07 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 14:07
To: Philly Cop
Is it me? or are you using the name Philly Cop to scare people. I mean are you even allowed to represent yourself in a governmnet capacity under an informal setting? I mean this blog site is sort of out of the scope of your employment. Dont you think? And to abuse your police powers (if you are a real police officer) by challenging someone to an address roll call for Shawn...is sort of ridiculous. Are you really a cop? Or are you disgruntled because you failed out of the Police Academy? Or maybe you wish you were apart of the Homicide Division? I dont know? Its just weird, that those type of comments would come from someone who is suspose to represent the city (a government agency) in a professional manner. I mean there is a reason why the Police Commissioner is not on the blog site throwing his opinions back and forth. By the way Im not the person who your comment was directed toward. In fact I am happy that person did not respond to you.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 2:18 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 14:18
I am definetly going to write to him and hopefully he'll write back.Thanks for the advice.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 2:52 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 14:52
Good I am glad you are going to write him. And when you do...please do not be critical towards him. Because remember there are a lot of people against him now. He needs a friend.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 4:12 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 16:12
Welcome to the "be a friend to a cold blooded killer" home page. You people are sick.
Your "friend" is a lazy POS who thought nothing of killing two people (would have been three if not for bulletproof glass). He committed a premeditated act of killing. Oh, but let's worry abot his poor wife...do you have the same concern for the two widows he left, the kids without a father, the grandkids without a grandfather?
And please explain why he is now "Shawn"?
Your "friend" is a thug, pure and simple, who choose to act without regard for human life. The world won't miss him and will be better off without him on the day they stick the needle in his arm. Taking out the trash.
Posted by John Q | October 23, 2007 4:43 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 16:43
This is a good overview of the blindness in the black community in addressing hard core criminals.
This guy put on his gloves on camera, as though he was obviously, definitely using his body language to say "it's good to be back."
Philly cop is right to be cynical of the misplaced excuse making. This guy is a death row candidate because his intention to commit two first degree murders plays out on tape.
The reason crime in Philly won't be addressed by 10,000 men is because it is so normative, so embraced, by the community, as just a "mistake" by a "good guy."
Two murders, point blank, are an assassination, not a "mistake" that Ali "didn't mean."
Sorry to burst the bubble of the lies this guy tells his family. He took himself out of the lives of his family so permanently, he really killed three fathers that day.
Man up and face the truth of the actions. Actions, not words. And all the baby mommas on here that claim that he is just misunderstood need to raise up their self-esteem and find real men.
Men don't kill, rob, and lie. The most good you would do Shawn/Mustafa is to call him out. He's supposed to be a muslim. But instead, he's just another poser using his new name as an alias, apparently.
I try hard not to support the death penalty, but guys like this, who are so self-centered and who do such evil, are toxic to this city.
What part of the tape didn't the family of this loser see? Why is it so hard for people to tell black men that wrong is wrong, and they have to pay? He's a man, not a baby. He has to pay, and that payment will be his life.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 4:51 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 16:51
The world may not miss him but I do miss him. And I pray that his punishment won't be so final. I knew him as Shawn not Mustafa.
Posted by High school | October 23, 2007 4:53 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 16:53
This murderer is not a victim -- he's a victim maker. He's just another grim reaper, and trying to excuse his actions and to claim you love someone who committed such a horrific act shows that you didn't really know what he was capable of. He never had to kill those men, except that he obviously calculated that he should leave no witnesses.
This is what he is, this is how much he respected and loved his own family. He threw you all away and wasted your love like he wasted the lives of those two men working honestly.
When is the black community going to call a monster a monster?
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 4:57 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 16:57
If you can't identify the monsters among you, how can you be saved?
There were signs, people. Where did he get the gun? What did he say before the crime? People knew, and looked the other way. The black community in Philly is unique in how it makes folk heroes out of criminals, brutal killers, worse than any Jesse James.
This guy is not a folk hero, and neither are all the other guys who make it necessary to have a county prison that can house 30,000 people at one time.
What are the black muslims preaching? Go visit the PPS on State Road and see the visitors at Curran-Fromholdistan.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:02 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:02
You're allowed to be critical. You're required to be critical. That doesn't mean you don't love.
But you also can't just not "pray that his punishment" won't be what it has to be. He has to take responsibility for his actions, and that means taking his punishment. You can't protect him from his choices.
I don't see all these disadvantaged child-men that other people see and pray for. I see a pack of spoiled brats who want the easy life and lots of money, and they think it's owed to them at any price.
Quit spoiling your men and teach them to earn their way. We'd all love lots of money, but if I can't afford to have half a dozen children, then I don't have them. No one is supposed to pay your bills for you. This guy's concept of fatherhood is warped out. He killed two RETIRED COPS IN COLD BLOOD.
Mustafa/Shawn sold his soul to the devil at that moment. And his nephew is a fine specimen also "I don't want no one coming to my crib to question me" is apparently a monster in training who won't live in society, but in his gangsta fantasy that Ali died in.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:13 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:13
Too tragic that the relatives who can't face what he did head on also can't spell the difference between "no" and "know."
Prophetic.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:15 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:15
For the record I am not his baby momma. We did not have a intimate relationship and I am not defending the murders.It's hard to keep waking up with the same the ending: that this guy I danced with and laugh with is responsible for these murders.I just can't turn away. I just can't say he should pay with his life.And you do not stop loving & caring for someone even when they become a murderer. This does not mean I have no sympathy for the victims's family.
Posted by High school | October 23, 2007 5:22 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:22
This guy is the reason we need a three strikes law. His bank robberies before would have been three strikes = life without parole.
And two cops would be alive today who were real fathers, and real men.
Would three strikes fill the prisons? Yep. And then some. We have to face facts -- early release is early suicide for violent felons. This guy was in no way an appropriate candidate based on his record.
Rendell wants early release for just such people as this, who are ticking time bombs.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:23 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:23
High school, you've got to raise up your standards in men. I'm trying to help you, not hurt your feelings.
I don't think his relatives are defending his actions, but neither are they condemning his actions, nor the response of the clueless nephew who "don't the popos coming to my crib." COME on. If you could help police, or cause better understanding, why not be a man?
He has to pay for what he did according to the law. This law is to protect you as much as me.
When is it going to be a good day to live by the rule of law in Philly, to respect and honor society? You don't respect yourself by honoring such a person.
You don't teach your children or relatives good thinking and right behavior by honoring such a person. You sell your own honor cheap.
Where is the self-esteem among women to expect better? He's not what you think he is. I fear that you'll be naive and get yourself into real trouble with someone dangerous because you can't see them as they are.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:31 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:31
Shawn could have definetely made better choices. I am not trying to convince anyone to feel how I feel.You all have reasons to feel the way you do and so do I.
Posted by High school | October 23, 2007 5:37 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:37
Why do I need to raise my standard in men? Shawn is my longtime friend. I am not looking for a man. My intention is to be agood friend.
Posted by High school | October 23, 2007 5:45 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:45
Ali and his crew "were charged with netting $25,515 from eight Philadelphia bank robberies."
While it's certainly obviously fun to dance and laugh with such a man, it's also not reality.
This guy never should have been let out of prison, and the increasing permissiveness in sentencing is exactly what got us here. All of us.
Funny that the nephew refers to his house as a "crib." He certainly is a baby, not a man.
It's OK to say something more honest than "Shawn could have made better choices."
Yah think?
Shot and killed two men in cold blood, attempted murder on the third? Two first degree murders and one attempted murder?
I think that the friends and family of this guy did him no favors by being so lenient. "Making better choices" is what you say when someone drops out of college, not when you kill two people point blank to steal and not leave witnesses.
Why let him off the hook so easily? Does that help anyone? Such as the wrong headed nephew?
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:46 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:46
What good does it do to not face or acknowledge the incredible brutality and inhuman acts of this "friend?" Does it make you a good person? Hardly.
Raise your standards of friends people, before you get hooked in. You have an obligation to live in the real world.
This guy was going to college, and he threw his life away, then couldn't live the life he created for himself without angrily attacking two innocent people with families.
He's the devil. I guess if you like being friends with the devil, then, hey, your intentions to be a good friend with the devil are just super.
But I have to call it like I see it -- your self esteem is in the toilet.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:50 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:50
What message do you send to your community by calling this butcher a friend? How much esteem for your friendship did Ali show to you the day he executed two people who were witnesses? He threw you and his friends and family out like garbage. He didn't think a bit how this would hurt anyone else. He's got no conscience. He's lying to his nephews because he's a coward who can't admit he was killing them on purpose. He is at least cognizant enough to see how awful that is.
Thank heavens we have cameras that see the reality and record it, because the community that harbors these men is so out there that it can't face the reality and see it for what it is. It won't talk to police. It can't recognize the warning signs. It won't demand better.
This is an example of the self-poisoning in the Philly AA community that fills prisons and graves. It's unique to this city, really. I've never lived in a place where black criminals are treated with such high regard that any criticism or analysis is taboo.
That isn't the sign of a good friend. That's the sign of severely damaged thinking. Heal yourself with honestly.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:58 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:58
He did choose a horrible path, as you say. That is honest. He showed just what he felt for all of you who loved him when he did it.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 5:59 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 17:59
YOU ARE RIGHT! His actions wre that of a cold blooded murderer and he will be punish for it. Are you suggesting that I stop being his friend? I believed if I was actively in his life years ago and before these murders that I could been a positve influence and possible he would be a productive human being instead of this theif & killer he has become.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 6:20 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 18:20
I don't think the friends of Ali could have prevented his decision making. He was robbing banks as a college age kid. He was a serial bank robber before most felons graduate to that level.
I don't know how much an influence his brother was on him, but what I can read certainly suggests a poisonous one. Ali's ears are very low set, so that suggests fetal alcohol effects (not the full fledged syndrome of mental damage to intelligence). FAE affect judgment, impulse control, and moral reasoning.
Someone with damage to this area is going to show, with environment triggers such as parental abandonment, as a borderline personality disorder, someone who is extremely self-centered and needs intensive therapy to reason through it.
I am curious to know his background, how he got to this place. Obviously, choice is the final determination, and no physiological state justifies his actions. His mental capacity is obviously intact, as he was able to live a productive life and attended some college in a difficult program.
Articles suggest he suffered from depression. This doesn't excuse his choice. It does suggest that there needs to be a better call for the AA community in Philly to get men into outpatient or inpatient treatment for depression.
This could have been avoided with the right support, but I see a community so insular, so unwilling to reach out or to encourage someone to reach out to professionals for help, that it results in lost men.
All avenues for treatment that might have kept him from this final violent impulsive act, should have been exhausted, but where were the people pointing this out to him?
30 days of detox is free in to all Philly residents, for example. CBH offers treatment resources in mental health to anyone who suffers from trauma or depression, as the papers reported when Ali dropped out of Drexel.
Friendship is not enough for deeply troubled people who need professional intervention in my experience, and to my regret, I see time and time again examples where the odd separatism in the urban Philly AA community just promotes isolation from the larger treatment community.
Untreated depressed men can turn to thuggery. About 1/3 of prisoners in Philly have an untreated, diagnosable mental problem that if treated can result in their living productive crime free lives if they so choose.
I hope the community will run to get help for any young man who is starting to show signs of depression such as sudden poor school performance, bad behavior, poor impulse control, and loss of interest in goals or activities of daily living.
Also, don't be afraid to turn in any friend or relative with a mental illness. Treatment in the prison system is quite good, better than most basic HMOs. That includes treatment for addiction.
Did Ali become recently depressed again, or start an addiction? What could any of us have done to have led someone away from the cliff and saved two lives?
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 6:59 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 18:59
First of all I dont know "High School", but I do know that she is being a good person. She does not have to raise her standard in men because she is not dating Shawn. And who are you? You feel so much hatred...that maybe you are the devil yourself. And you keep talking about the black community...who are you? And yes I am 100% for Shawn aka Mustafa Ali. Call me sick minded if you want. I will be that sick minded person who has love for Shawn. Your words will not change the way I feel or the way his family feels. Who are you? You mean nothing to me...Im not concerned about you or your life. I put a murderer before you...yes I do. And guess what? I am proud of it. And you dont know Shawn or his crew. You are a POS. Call me sick minded...you words dont intimidate me. You are not going to stop me for being there for Shawn. You or anyone else. And that is under any means necessary.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 7:24 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 19:24
To; High School
Do not respond to these people anymore. Just dont respond. Everyone wants to hate Shawn. So dont respond. just go about your business.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 7:29 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 19:29
To: the person who wrote a very long treatis on the psychological aspect of Ali.
You are so "curious" to know his background? I am curios to know who you are and what is your profession. He has low ears? Oh and you are responding to a blog site....so that makes you just as crazy as everyone else on here. Save your intellectual reasoning for your research paper course. Make sure you get the A paper. Im sure that maybe you are attempting to post you intellectual reasoning on this blog site because you think you sound educated amongst individuals who may not be in your field. But I am sure that in your field or profession you sound like a complete fool. You probably received your reasoning from Google. You will never know his background because you were not there. Dummy.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 7:41 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 19:41
High School, I think you are doing the right thing. People are going to make you feel guilty for still having love for someone who has cimmitted an uacceptable crime in society. Dont be pressured by them. Do what you need to do. And dont respond to them because they will never understand. No one will. So do what you need to do. if you want to write then write him and leave it at that.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 7:50 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 19:50
I saw the whole tape. And guess what? I still love Shawn aka Mustafa Ali. I saw what he did. Saw everything. And? OK? ......I still love him. Now what?
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 8:09 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 20:09
Black community, white community, Indian community, Asian community.....I saw the tape, saw everything. Premeditated, planned, 1st degree, mistake or not....And? I dont care what it was? I recognize what he did. You are right he is not a baby. But guess what? I still love him, I bet you that. Like I said...Now what? Premeditataed...And? So? I will always love Shawn aka Mustafa Ali. Even if I do recognize a "Monster" in my community. So what he is my Monster. And I will always be there for him. Ooops Sorry, but Im not turnin my back on him, becuase of what a bunch of bloggers think.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 8:17 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 20:17
I did decided that my feelings for Shawn are mines. No one has to agree with them and I am not ashame of them. I am a RN and currently going back to college for my masters; my self esteem is where it needs to be. I have known and loved Shawn for a very long time.I won't turn my back against him.
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007 9:15 PM
Posted on October 23, 2007 21:15
IS THIS HONESTLY THE WORST CRIME YOU PEOPLE HAVE SEEN? I wish he would have fled and never been found. Like all the other murderers I know.
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 7:55 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 07:55
one of the children of the murdered....i know this may be a hard time for you right now but this is a hard time for me also and all i was doing one day was wondering th internet and i saw this and seen how people was tryna label my uncle as a bad guy and in which he is not....he just made a mistake....a horrible mistake.....but there was a reason for that.....and he really didnt mean to kill those 2 guards and it really was a mistake.....i know my uncle ali he would have never did anything like this he just have to have a reason to do something like this.....but uncle ali i forgive you and i am praying for you for get what all these people is saying about you i know the real Mustafa Ali....im come see you when i am off of work next time....Keep your head up unc....and for all the people that is saying good things about my uncle thank you it brought a smile to me and my family face......
Posted by munch | October 24, 2007 11:10 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 11:10
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES OF Joseph Alullo and William Widmaier I CAN'T BEGAN TO IMAGINE THE GRIEF YOU ARE FEELING. WHAT Shawn DID WAS AN UNEXCUSABLE HORRIFIC SELFISH THOUGHTLESS ACT OF DISREGARD TO A HUMAN BEING. Shawn HAS VICTIMIZED THREE FAMILES IN CLUDING HIS OWN IN WAYS WE WILL NEVER FULLY GET OVER. HE HAS GREIF STRICKEN 3 MOTHER'S INCLUDING HIS OWN 3 FATHER'S AND A HOST OF OTHER VERY IMPORTANT FAMILY MEMBERS. DAUGHTER'S, SON'S, NEICE'S, NEPHEW'S AND MANY MANY MORE ALL INCLUDING HIS OWN. Shawn's MOTHER WAS A GREAT LOVING MOTHER TO HER SON'S AND DID NOT KNOW THRU ALL HER STRUGGLE OF BEING A GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE SINGLE PARENT THAT THEY WOULD GO A STRAY. I PERSONALLY FROM THE Steele FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE 2 SLAIN GUARDS WHO BECAUSE OF THIS SHITY SYSTEM HAD TO TAKE ON A 2ND JOB AFTER RETIREMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY. SINCE THIS WHOLE HORRIFC SITUATION BEGAN THE Steele FAMILY HAS YET TO SLEEP AS WELL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY ONE OF OUR OWN WOULD DO SUCH A THING. HE WAS GIVEN A 2ND CHANCE AT LIFE AND THREW IT ALL AWAY AND TOOK 2 OTHERS WITH HIM. NONE OF US BUT Shawn WOULD TRULY KNOW WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID AND WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN GOING THRU HIS MIND WHILE HE WAS DOING IT. AS FAR AS Shawn's BROTHER IS CONCERN HE IS NOT TO BLAME. BACK IN 1992 HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS PULLED IN NOT THE ONE DOING THE PULLING. SINCE THEN HE HAS GROWN SO PLEASE LEAVE HIM OUT OF THIS. (SOMEONE IN ONE OF THE POST BLAMED HIM). WELL I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE WAY Shawn WAS RAISED AND THE WAY HE TURNED OUT BUT I CRY AND GET SAD AND ANGRY EVERYTIME I SPEAK ON THIS. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS AND CONDEM THE Steele FAMILY BECAUSE OF ONE PLEASE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WE'RE HURTING TOO. IF WE CAN TAKE BACK WHAT HE DONE AND BRING BACK Joseph Alullo and William Widmaier TO THERE FAMILES AND Shawn TO OURS WE WOULD IN LESS THAN A HEART BEAT. TO THE FAMILIES I HOPE THAT YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR HEARTS AWAY TO FORGIVE WHAT Shawn HAS DONE TO YOUR LIVES. HE IS TRULY ONE OF GOD'S FALLEN ANGELS. WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO THE ALULLO AND WIDMAIER FAMILY'S MAY GOD BRING YOU PEACE AND COMFORT AT THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME OF YOUR LIVES.
SORROWFULLY YOURS
***** STEELE
Posted by FAMILY MEMBER | October 24, 2007 11:53 AM
Posted on October 24, 2007 11:53
I want to thank the steele family member that wrote the above post. Please know that, and i can only speak on behalf of my family, that we do not, in any way, blame the Steele family for the horrific event that took place 3 weeks ago. I know that took guts and heart to represent your family. My family has expressed our heartfelt condolences to your family and we truly mean it because we know you couldn't have known what he was going to do that day. We appreciate your sympathy and again thank you for taking the time to write this.
To the nephew... quit defending him please. He admitted to killing them didn't he? whether he meant to or not, he did and they are NEVER coming home so being told that he didn't mean to does not make it any better. You are entitled to love ur uncle for the man he is to u, but please stop saying how he had his reasons and didn't mean to. Have some respect please.
Posted by child of one of the victims | October 24, 2007 4:57 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 16:57
I want to thank the steele family member that wrote the above post. Please know that, and i can only speak on behalf of my family, that we do not, in any way, blame the Steele family for the horrific event that took place 3 weeks ago. I know that took guts and heart to represent your family. My family has expressed our heartfelt condolences to your family and we truly mean it because we know you couldn't have known what he was going to do that day. We appreciate your sympathy and again thank you for taking the time to write this.
To the nephew... quit defending him please. He admitted to killing them didn't he? whether he meant to or not, he did and they are NEVER coming home so being told that he didn't mean to does not make it any better. You are entitled to love ur uncle for the man he is to u, but please stop saying how he had his reasons and didn't mean to. Have some respect please.
Posted by child of one of the victims | October 24, 2007 4:57 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 16:57
sorry it posted twice
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 4:58 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 16:58
My deepest sympathy to Shawn's family.I feel so deeply hurt, ashamed and shock by his actions and I'm not part of his family. I can just imagine the horrow you are all going through.
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 6:22 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 18:22
I did decided that my feelings for Shawn are mines. No one has to agree with them and I am not ashame of them. I am a RN and currently going back to college for my masters-
What are you going to school for???
My feelings for Shawn are mines??? I did decided????
I hopes yous arent my nurse.
Please..don't type like you talk..re-read before hitting "post".
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 10:06 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 22:06
I did decided that my feelings for Shawn are mines. No one has to agree with them and I am not ashame of them. I am a RN and currently going back to college for my masters-
What are you going to school for???
My feelings for Shawn are mines??? I did decided????
I hopes yous arent my nurse.
Please..don't type like you talk..re-read before hitting "post".
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 10:06 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 22:06
As anyone seen Shawn since his arrest?
I saw him getting ready to get pounded in the a$$
in the Federal Pound me in the A$$ Prison. HEE HEE!
Karma is a BITCH!
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 10:08 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 22:08
RE:
Philly Cop to scare people. I mean are you even allowed to represent yourself in a governmnet capacity under an informal setting?
So as a Police Officer I can't express my opinions? Using your logic does Dave G have to get approval of every comment he makes because he works for the DN? Who do you work for? If you are in the Marines and someone asks you about the war you can't comment on it? If I was in full uniform ABUSING my powers, threatening someone or making promises or preferential treatment to someone I could see your point. I'm merely having a "discussion" in a chat room setting and offering an opportunity to someone that probably never thought to go out and get "involved". Again, where do you get your news and information from. TV and movies. There are over 300 Homicides in the city this year (the DN consistantly is off/under counts by 2 daily. Call Homicide and ask them what the "current" number is). How many have you seen on the news? If it isn't "sexy" a different angle besides 2 black kids killing each other than yopu don't hear about it. Again I have no problem meeting, discussing in person this topic. I have nothing to hide. Mr. Steele is a piece of shit. He chose this path. He chose to rob someone instead of being a man and working and making himself into something. Easy money. Why get a nut job at McDonalds...he is better than that. He makes every black, white, yellow or whatever colored man look bad. There is NO EXCUSE for what he did! NONE!
As for me pretending to be a cop...you hurt my feelings.I directed that to obvious "posters" that just try to stir the pot and get people mad. Some might even be cops..we like any profession have a few that love pissing people off. I am content when I look myself in the mirror and know that I do make a difference when I work but I don't need my ego stroked. I KNOW MYSELF.Love to hear back from you and again the offer to meet through Dave G is there. Its like jumping out of a plane...do you have the balls. Not just because its dangerous but you might see something that will change your views and what you thought you knew.
-PHILLYCOP
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 10:35 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 22:35
RUDY GIULIANI IS A SUCKER!!!! GOP IS GOING DOWNHILL!!!
Posted by Anonymous | October 24, 2007 11:50 PM
Posted on October 24, 2007 23:50
To Munch:
Shawn is not your real uncle. Everyone knows your mother has been around the block.
Posted by Anonymous | April 26, 2008 7:32 AM
Posted on April 26, 2008 07:32