Qua-dell Nyzhon Spradley was 26 when he was found dead on the 1200 block of Church Street in Reading on the morning of July 31, 2022. He was born July 27, 1996, worked eight years as a health insurance agent for PCOA, and was a member of New Beginnings Church. Friends and family remembered him as hardworking and selfless; he enjoyed watching WWE and playing video games.

The Reading Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division investigated the shooting. On August 5, 2022, police arrested 24-year-old Jayquan Miguel Sanchez and charged him with first-degree homicide, third-degree homicide, aggravated assault, and possessing an instrument of crime in connection with Spradley’s death. Funeral services took place August 12 and 13, 2022, at Theo C. Auman Funeral Home, followed by burial at Forest Hills Memorial Park.

If anyone has information about what happened on Church Street that morning, please share what is known with the Reading PD.