Derrick Burrell Jr., a 30-year-old African American man from Chester, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed on November 13, 2015. His death was one of several homicides in Delaware County that year and drew attention from the Chester Police Department and the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division.

Investigators linked Burrell’s killing, at least in investigative interest, to a nearly year-old home invasion robbery on November 24, 2014, at a residence in the 2600 block of Edgmont Avenue near the Chester border. In that earlier case three men forced entry, assaulted a victim, and demanded money; witnesses described two Black males and one white male. Kevin Strickland, identified as Burrell’s brother, was arrested in the robbery and confessed, implicating Derrick and providing details reportedly known only to someone present.

Detectives obtained a search warrant for DNA evidence and worked the homicide, but there have been no public announcements of arrests or identified suspects in Burrell’s shooting. Anyone with information about Derrick or the November 2014-2015 incidents is asked to come forward.