On the evening of February 1, 2021, gunfire in Chester, Pennsylvania, left two young men from Philadelphia dead. Rasheen Nasir Jones, a 20-year-old Black male and aspiring rapper known as RunUp Rico, was pronounced dead at the scene after a silver Chevrolet Impala crashed into a building in the 1100 block of West Third Street. Nineteen-year-old Kwann Henderson, also in the vehicle, was taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center and later died of multiple gunshot wounds.

Surveillance video from a convenience store at 1100 West 3rd Street showed the victims’ car parked outside shortly before the shooting and captured two males approaching the vehicle. One individual appears on camera firing into the driver’s side before fleeing on foot. Investigators say the incident grew out of a planned robbery; text messages allegedly show a 17-year-old female coordinating the meet-up and sending a photo to confirm Jones as the target.

Within weeks, arrests were made: a male who was 14 at the time was charged with multiple counts including murder and possession of a firearm by a minor; the 17-year-old female was charged with criminal homicide, murder, robbery and conspiracy; and a 27-year-old, Darren Majeed, was arrested in June and charged in connection with the killings. All three were held without bail at George W. Hill Correctional Facility.