A wrongfully convicted Philadelphia man who spent nearly three decades in prison before being released last year was fatally shot while attending a funeral, authorities said.

Christopher Williams, unjustly convicted, spent almost three decades in prisonPhoto: WPVI-TV video

Christopher Williams, 62, was shot in the head at Mount Peace Cemetery several days ago, Philadelphia police said, according to NBC News.

So far, no arrests have been made in the case.

Williams was taken to the hospital immediately after being shot, but was pronounced dead.

Williams was convicted in two separate cases: a triple murder in 1989 and the murder of Michael Hainsworth the same year. Read in full at Digi24.ro