Ishan Charmidah Rahman, 39, was killed on the evening of February 21, 2020, in North Philadelphia while six months pregnant. She was inside a silver minivan near the 800 block of West Dauphin Street, in the area of 9th and Dauphin/York streets, when multiple shooters opened fire just before 6 p.m. Rahman was struck once in the chest and died shortly after being taken to Temple University Hospital. Doctors performed an emergency C-section but the baby boy did not survive.

Police said at least two or three men fired at the minivan; a man described as Rahman’s fiancé and the unborn child’s father was shot as well but drove them to the hospital. Rahman’s family described her as outgoing, fun, silly, and quirky, and said she left behind five other children, including an 11-year-old with Down syndrome who had not yet been told of her death. Her brother-in-law, Ronald Waters, publicly urged action on gun violence and illegal weapons in the city.

On February 24, 2020, Philadelphia police arrested 21-year-old Razique Bumpas of Juniata Park and charged him with murder, first-degree murder of an unborn child, robbery, conspiracy, firearms offenses and related counts. Police did not release a motive or detailed explanation of how a suspect was identified. Did anyone who knew Ishan or the family see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?