An 18-year-old known in records as Taren Kennard, also listed in searches as Terrence Kennard, died on January 15, 1992, in Chester, Pennsylvania, after a .22-caliber handgun discharged inside a friend’s home. The weapon had moved through several people earlier that day after being taken from a house; a 16-year-old took it from his father and brought it to Chester High School, and it subsequently passed among others before reaching the neighborhood near McCaffery Village.

On the day of the shooting, 23-year-old John Johnson brought the handgun into the home. Witnesses say Johnson pulled the trigger once while the gun was pointed upward and joked he could have hit someone; when Kennard questioned him, a second discharge struck Kennard. Johnson testified he believed the gun was unloaded and did not intend to kill anyone. Judge Melvin G. Levy rejected that defense and found Johnson guilty of third-degree murder, aggravated assault, and carrying an unlicensed firearm.

If anyone knew Kennard, his circle, or saw events around McCaffery Village or the 1100 and 1400 blocks of West Seventh and Keystone Streets in January 1992, please share information.