Pennsylvania Man Living Inside Bridge Charged with Fatal Shooting

• Roger Gosson faces a murder charge after being accused of killing Joshua Daywalt
• Daywalt was found floating in the Schuylkill River on Feb. 7
• After learning of his death, police offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Daywalt’s killer

A former Pennsylvania contractor who was living inside a bridge was arrested in connection with the murder of a man whose body was found floating in a river earlier this year.

Roger Gosson, 62, was taken into custody Tuesday, April 29 and charged with murder and related offenses in the death of 35-year-old Joshua Daywalt, according to a Philadelphia Police Department press release.

Daywalt was discovered around 10 a.m. on Feb. 7 after police responded to a report of a body floating in the Schuylkill River near Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue.

The following day, the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office conducted a post-mortem examination and concluded that Daywalt died from a single gunshot wound behind the right ear. He also suffered a possible graze wound to the lower right back of the head.

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His death was ruled a homicide.

Police later offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of his killer. Gosson was apprehended after police received calls about a man living inside the Green Lane Bridge, ABC Philadelphia reported.

On the scene, officers discovered a fully furnished tent with electricity inside the bridge, per ABC Philadelphia. They also found a gun, the outlet reported.

Joe Antonini, who knew Gosson, told ABC Philadelphia that the former contractor “lost his company, he lost everything, and just living on the street.”

Daywalt’s mother, Jennifer told ABC Philadelphia that her son had struggled with mental health issues.

“It was very tough to watch it. Joshua would’ve never been in the position he was in, or the place he was in, had we been able to stabilize him. He was a normal kid, he was a happy kid, and mental illness took him over,” she said.

Gosson is being held without bail at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.