Our great nation’s third oldest continuously published daily newspaper, The Philadelphia Inquirer, hasn’t exactly been silent on the murder of William “Billy” Schmidt, but hasn’t spent a lot of time on the case, either.

2 teens sought in shooting death of Penn State student in South Philly

Police obtained arrest warrants for Kaiseem Smith and Azzubair Outen-Fleming, both 16, on charges of murder and related offenses in the death of William “Billy” Schmidt, police said.

by Robert Moran | Tuesday, June 30, 2026 | 5:48 PM EDT

Two 16-year-olds are being sought for the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Penn State student in South Philadelphia, police said Tuesday.

Police obtained arrest warrants for Kaiseem Smith and Azzubair Outen-Fleming on charges of murder and related offenses in the death of William “Billy” Schmidt, said Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore.

On June 6, Schmidt was gunned down just footsteps from his home on the 2300 block of South 20th Street in an apparent robbery attempt.

Schmidt was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center a short time later. Schmidt was studying digital journalism and media at the Penn State World Campus, the university’s online campus.

There’s a little more at the linked Inquirer story.

But you know what isn’t at the linked story? The photos of the suspected killers! While in one of reporter Robert Moran’s linked stories we are given a bit of surveillance photos, enough to see that the two then-unidentified suspects are black, I had to use the tweet from Philly Crime Update to give my two regular readers their images, because the newspaper wouldn’t do so.

The two suspects are still at large, and if the newspaper had published their photographs, perhaps a local reader would spot one or both of them based on that. If the editors were trying to avoid pointing out that the suspects are black, they’d never have published their names: it’s not as though anyone would think that suspects named Kaiseem Smith and Azzubair Outen-Fleming were anything but black.

So why hide the photos?

Then there’s this:

Stepfather of teen accused of killing Penn State student is charged with hindering apprehension

The two teens wanted in the shooting death of 22-year-old Billy Schmidt remained on the run Wednesday, authorities said.

by Jillian Kramer | Wednesday, July 1, 2026 | 3:57 PM EDT

Authorities have arrested the stepfather of one of the two teenagers wanted in the shooting death of Penn State student William “Billy” Schmidt in South Philadelphia last month, though prosecutors said he is not accused of taking part in the slaying.

Donte Abdulmalik, 35, was charged with hindering apprehension, obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, and related crimes, District Attorney Larry Krasner said Wednesday.

Abdulmalik’s arrest comes as authorities continue to search for Azzubair Outen-Fleming and Kaiseem Smith, both 16, who they say robbed, shot, and killed Schmidt, 22, just steps from his family’s South Philadelphia home on June 6.

Outen-Fleming, Abdulmalik’s stepson, and Smith remained at large Wednesday, Krasner said as he urged anyone with information about their whereabouts to come forward.

There’s considerably more at the newspaper’s original, including Mr Krasner’s statement that others may be involved. Mr Abdulmalik allegedly helped his stepson flee the city. But, once again, with yet another opportunity, this time 22 hours later, the Inquirer declined to publish the photos of the accused killers. But for our $6.99 per week digital subscriptions, the Inquirer doesn’t want to give readers all of the news.