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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The mother of Center City real estate developer Sean Schellenger, who was stabbed to death near Rittenhouse Square last month, says she was manipulated by the Philadelphia district attorney after hearing of the reduced charges against the suspect.On Wednesday, the D.A.'s office downgraded charges to third degree murder and voluntary manslaughter against 21-year-old suspect Michael White.The revised charges mean White will be able to post bail."He has nothing to hide here. This is a fight on the highway that got out of hand," White's attorney Dan Stevenson said.White is accused of fatally stabbing the 37-year-old Schellenger in the chest during an altercation near Rittenhouse Square on July 12.White was delivering food on his bicycle before the fatal stabbing. He surrendered to police days later.Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner appeared in the courtroom. He said further investigation is needed, but they do not have the evidence to support murder in the first degree. They are carefully considering their case."It is relevant both that the defendant ran at the time of the incident, then hid for a couple days, and that he turned himself in. It is relevant both that he threw the murder weapon onto a rooftop and eventually he told it us where it was. We have to be balanced and evenhanded," Krasner said.The next court date is October 30. The district attorney said it will be decided at that point whether to proceed with the third degree murder and voluntary manslaughter charges, or just the voluntary manslaughter charges. It is possible the D.A. drops that third degree murder charge depending on where the investigation leads.Only speaking to Action News Wednesday night, Schellenger's mother Linda issued this statement:In a statement of their own, the district attorney's office responded to Linda Schellenger:------