A good samaritan who tryied to help a troubled man get off the streets recently was rewarded with a the bullet to the head.

Jeffrey Knoble, Jr., age 25, was charged last week with homicide, robbery and a weapons offense for the shooting death of Andrew "Beep" White, whose body was found March 11, face down and stripped, at Room 418 of Easton's Quality Inn.

White had just rented the room. Law enforcement officials state there is no evidence of a domestic angle. District Attorney John Morganelli, who announced the charges, said the victim was "well regarded" and "all he was doing was trying to help a guy out."

White had previously been described as a "shining star" of the Easton Boys and Girls Club by its executive director, Dean Young.

On March 11, between 6:30 and 7 a.m., Lori Knoble received a call from her son, Jeffrey, who said he had just shot someone and was on his way to her home. When he failed to appear, she went looking for him and found him at the intersection of 10th and Northampton Streets in Easton.

At that time, he showed her video of a man, face down, in what appeared to be a pool of blood. He told her he had stripped the man and shot him in the back of the head. She dropped her son off at 4th and Northampton, and then contacted police.

Knoble was ultimately taken into custody that afternoon, after a brief standoff at his mother's home. While there, police located two cell phones and a semi-automatic 40-caliber gun that has been identified by Pennsylvania State Police as the weapon used to kill both White and a suspected gang member in New Jersey. Knoble reportedly acquired the gun from from Tyquan Adon Emmons, a suspected Brims gang member who is also in custody at this time.

Easton Inspector Dan Reagan is looking for anyone who can provide information about Knoble's activity that day and can be reached at 610-250-6635.

First Deputy DA Terrence Houck, who will be handling this prosecution, declined to state whether Knoble has provided a statement to police. He acknowledged that the robbery is an aggravating factor that would justify the death penalty, but added that it's too early to state whether the death penalty will be sought.

White's sister arrived during the news conference announcing the charges, and sat silently as the prosecution team pieced the story together.