On the night of December 9, 2020, 19-year-old Zamir Abdullah was driving a 2009 Pontiac G6 through Chester, Pennsylvania, when officers were called to 500 West Sixth Street for an overturned vehicle with someone trapped inside. Abdullah was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat and had been shot in the head. Two passengers who initially fled were later found; one had been shot in the abdomen and foot. All three were taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center; Abdullah died at the hospital and the other two survived.

Investigators concluded the incident began as a planned drug-related meeting that turned into a robbery. Officers recovered an approximately one-pound package of marijuana on the front passenger floor. Surveillance footage showed two men approach the car from opposite sides, shots being fired, then the suspects running north along the 600 block of Butler Street as Abdullah’s vehicle continued east on West Sixth Street and overturned. Witness statements, additional video, digital and social media evidence, and physical scene evidence were used in the investigation.

Two men were identified by police in connection with the shooting; one was arrested locally and the other was later sought by authorities. If anyone knew Abdullah, the passengers, or saw the events around West Sixth and Butler on December 9, 2020, please share what was seen or heard.