A father-of-6 who spent 25 years on death row for a crime he did not commit was shot dead during a funeral

Father-of-six Christopher Williams, who spent 25 years on death row, was shot in the head after participating in a motorcade funeral for Tyree Little in North Philadelphia

Christopher Williams, 62, was killed while attending the funeral of a fellow prisoner on Friday afternoon (

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A father of six who spent 25 years rotting in a cell on death row was tragically shot at a funeral on Friday, less than two years after his acquittal.

Christopher Williams, 62, was shot in the head as he exited a vehicle after a funeral procession in North Philadelphia.

Mr. Williams was paying tribute after the passing of Tyree Little, another man who once inhabited the US prison system.

As he exited the vehicle at Mount Peace Cemetery, an unidentified suspect who remains at large shot himself in the head.

Paramedics rushed him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Mr. Williams was convicted alongside a defendant with evidence gathered from a prison snitch.

Williams has been described as a "champion of justice" (

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The informant told cops that the couple murdered two people in jail in 1989, but it was later discovered that his testimony was false and the evidence had been suppressed.

After his release, he told the Philadelphia Inquirer, "Never in the history of the Pennsylvania justice system has anyone been charged with six murders, acquitted of two, and now cleared of four."

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Theophalis "Bilal" Wilson, his co-defendant and family friend, spent three decades in prison.

Prosecutors at their trial said the duo were part of a gang that killed three New York drug dealers.

After his pal's fatal shooting, Wilson made a point of mentioning the plight of exonerated crooks.