Tony Harris, Pennsylvania man, found dead after posting stacks of money on Facebook

Philadelphia police say a local man may have been killed as a result of a photograph he published on Facebook of his wife holding what appeared to be thousands of dollars in cash.

Tony Harris, 50, died at a local hospital on Tuesday this week after being shot in the head during an apparent robbery the night before.

Homicide Capt. James Clark of the Philadelphia Police Department said authorities believe it’s “possible” that the killing was related to an image Harris uploaded to Facebook one week earlier of his wife, Amber Crane, posing alongside piles of money.

“I misplaced $60,000. I hope my wife didn’t go shopping with it,” Harris captioned the picture of Ms. Crane.

“Stop playing,” a friend posted in response.

Exactly one week after Harris uploaded the image to social media, police say three men walked into his house in the Philly suburb of Kingsessing and tried to rob him at gunpoint.

“[They] entered through their front door, all brandishing guns, demanding the money. ’Where is the money,’ ” Capt. Clark told CBS Philly.

Family members told reporters that one of the three robbers shot Harris in the head when he didn’t hand over the cash. The whole incident unfolded in a matter of minutes, while at least two of the couple’s three young children were present, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

“We don’t believe there was any money,” Capt. Clark said.

Indeed, the man’s nephew, Anthony Fleming, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the supposed stacks of $60,000 were likely piles of low-denomination bills with $20 notes on top to make them appear valuable.

Capt. Clark said detectives were “still very early in the investigation,” but he didn’t dismiss the likelihood of a link existing between the Facebook post and the subsequent home invasion. Harris lived in the same neighborhood for decades and never locked his door, the Philadelphia Inquirer said.

Police have identified the suspects as three masked men between the ages of 17 and 19, and have offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to their arrest and conviction.