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Wesley D. Burnett Jr., a 20-year-old African American man from Hagerstown, Maryland, was found dead on October 20, 2018, along a gravel access road just off Social Island Road in Guilford Township near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Investigators reported he had been shot in the chest. What began as the discovery of a body along a rural road was tied to a planned marijuana deal that investigators say had been arranged as a robbery.

According to investigators, Issayah Juwan Fostion arranged to meet Cole Robinson to buy marijuana but allegedly planned with Darius Jacob Taylor to rob Robinson. Taylor was not present at the shooting but, police say, helped coordinate the plan and sent Burnett in his place. Court records described Burnett as drawing a gun and firing first; Anthony R. Bernardo Jr. allegedly fired back, striking Burnett. Burnett fled the scene and was later placed along the access road by Fostion, who left and fled.

Four men were arrested and charged in connection with the death. Fostion faced second-degree murder and related counts; Taylor faced conspiracy and later an added criminal homicide count under Pennsylvania’s felony-murder theory; Robinson and Bernardo were charged with second-degree murder and related counts.

Does anyone have additional verifiable information about Burnett’s movements or the roles of Taylor and Robinson on the day of the shooting?