Kenneth Ferguson III, 28, was shot and killed on September 28, 2019, after a meeting inside a black Ford Explorer in South Philadelphia turned violent. Ferguson was riding in the rear of the SUV with his cousin, Melquan Davis, in the front passenger seat. Two men who had arranged to meet Ferguson, later identified as Jihad Lewis and Kalif Bronzell, entered the back seat. Court records describe the encounter as a drug deal that became a robbery; when Lewis allegedly tried to pass a counterfeit $100 bill and Ferguson rejected it, Lewis and Bronzell drew guns and demanded money. Lewis fired one shot from the back seat, striking Ferguson in the neck.

The SUV rolled forward and struck a pole; Ferguson was taken to Jefferson Hospital and pronounced dead. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide from a perforating gunshot wound to the left side of the neck. Investigators recovered ballistics evidence from the vehicle, surveillance video, phone records, witness statements, and ammunition from Lewis’s home that they tied to the type used in the killing. Lewis and Bronzell were charged; Davis later identified both men and testified at trial.

Does anyone have additional information about Ferguson’s movements that afternoon or about witnesses who saw the SUV on South Croskey Street?