Mahendra B. Panjrolia, a 60-year-old man of Indian origin, was shot and killed inside his family’s home on the 1900 block of Conwell Avenue in Philadelphia’s Bustleton neighborhood on the night of August 3, 2019. Police were called about 9:31 p.m. and found him in the living room with a severe gunshot wound to the head; he was pronounced dead at the scene minutes later.

Investigators say Mahendra had been at home with his wife and their adult son, Sohan Panjrolia. Police allege Sohan, then 31, loaded a rifle in a bathroom, accidentally discharged it once, then entered the living room and fired multiple shots at his father while Mahendra’s wife fled the house screaming. Authorities identified Sohan as the suspect; he left in a gray Toyota Camry that was later found unoccupied a few blocks away. A witness reported seeing him near the car with a rifle and hearing another gunshot from a nearby wooded area.

Sohan Panjrolia was arrested on August 6, 2019, near Harvard Square in Cambridge and taken into custody without incident; reports said he was not armed at arrest. Investigators noted Sohan had schizophrenia and some reports mentioned possible narcotics use, but no motive was publicly established. He appeared in Cambridge District Court on a fugitive-from-justice charge and waived rendition to Pennsylvania to face the homicide case.

Did anyone in the area know the Panjrolia family or have information about Sohan’s movements on August 3?