“He was like the dad of the neighborhood,” Spadaro said. Smith, she said, was always doing things for others and playing with the kids.Ī few teenage boys outside said they often trained with Smith in running and boxing. She said it was a close-knit neighborhood, with about 15 kids on the block. “When I was pregnant and by myself he was always shoveling my car.” “He was always a good neighbor,” she said. Neighbors sitting outside on Smith’s street said he was a good man and has two children.Īcross the street from Smith’s house, Jen Spadaro said she was shocked by the news. A welcome sign hung on the front door, and cushioned patio furniture sat outside. Orange flowers bloomed next to the driveway. There was no answer at Smith’s house in Coatesville on Tuesday afternoon. “I thought it was such a safe area,” Hoban said.įour police officers stood at the doors of the Justice Center after the incident. They thought their roommate was joking until they saw the police activity for themselves. They live above the Lunchbox Cafe and got a text from their roommate at home. Michele Hoban, 19, a sophomore at West Chester University, was walking home from class with two friends. Then, she saw two people being wheeled out on stretchers, one of whom was sitting up and appeared to be wearing a blue police shirt, she said. She looked out the restaurant’s windows and saw about 10 police cars blocking off Market Street in each direction, she said. “I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ ” Scott, 19, said. He went inside and told Scott and the other workers. “I’m still trying to calm down,” she said, a few hours after the shooting.Ĭarly Scott, a server at the Lunchbox Cafe, across the street from the Justice Center, said the restaurant’s owner heard two or three gunshots while he was outside loading food in his car around 11.
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