Man killed in Philadelphia mall shooting was stepson of local detective: DA

The man fatally shot during a purported fight at a Philadelphia mall earlier this week was the stepson of a detective in the county, officials announced Tuesday.

Billa was the stepson of a county detective assigned to Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Homicide/Non-Fatal Shooting Unit, Krasner confirmed in a Tuesday morning statement. "I extend my deepest condolences to our Detective, and to the loved ones of Mr. Billa," he wrote in a statement shared online. "We are outraged over the violence that claimed the life of this young man. Shopping malls, basketball courts, supermarkets, and all spaces in our communities should be free of the threat of gun violence."