Girard man did not know his shooter, or intended victim

GIRARD

Police said the man who was shot in the doorway of his apartment in December identified the suspected shooter and told detectives he did not know the man.

Girard detective Capt. John Norman said the suspected shooter, 26-year-old William Kehler IV, asked for another man before shooting 39-year-old Jeffrey Carpenter, leaving no link

between the two and adding another chapter to the mysterious events that occurred Dec. 27.

Originally, Norman thought an interview with Carpenter would pull together all the players in the ordeal.

Instead, Carpenter told Norman he didn’t even know the man the shooter asked to see and noted that he was shot while closing the door to his apartment.