On the evening of September 26, 2015, 19-year-old Jared Weaver was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Advanced Auto Parts at 1003 East King Street in Lancaster Township, Pennsylvania. Officers found Weaver unresponsive; he never regained consciousness. Investigators say the shooting occurred during a robbery over about $90 worth of a cough syrup-based drug known as lean.

Police narrowed their investigation to two cousins from Delaware, Rashan A. Ross and Kareem D. Ross. Cellphone records and surveillance footage reportedly placed them at the scene and showed two males confronting Weaver before he fell. A witness who had been with Weaver said he had arranged to sell lean and had measured out the substance prior to meeting the buyers.

Both cousins were charged; Rashan A. Ross later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, robbery, theft, and conspiracy and admitted he brought the gun and shot Weaver, receiving 15 to 30 years. Kareem D. Ross pleaded guilty to robbery, conspiracy, and theft and was sentenced to 5¼ to 11 years. At Jared’s funeral on October 7, 2015, his brother Lovelle Weaver opened fire outside the church; Lovelle was later convicted of aggravated assault and other charges and sentenced to 18 to 44 years.