In the predawn hours of Father’s Day, June 17, 2018, 19-year-old Desmond Zaire Johnson was found dead on the ground in the 300 block of Carson Alley in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Police arrived at 12:22 a.m. after a report of a body; that call came about thirty minutes after initial reports of gunshots in the same area. First responders pronounced Johnson dead, and an autopsy confirmed a gunshot wound to the chest as the cause of death.

A joint investigation by the Norristown Police Department and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau examined surveillance footage and the victim’s cell phone records. Those records indicate Johnson arranged to meet someone under the pretense of selling marijuana; investigators say the meeting was a setup, during which he was robbed and shot. Days later authorities arrested 18-year-old Andre Marcus Johnson of Philadelphia, who was charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and a firearms violation and held without bail. His preliminary hearing was scheduled for early July 2018.

If anyone saw activity in Carson Alley that night or has information about the meeting that led to this killing, please come forward.