Herman Baker, 29, of the 1300 block of West Ninth Street in Chester, Pennsylvania, was fatally shot at his apartment on January 6, 1986. Officers found him across the doorway with five gunshot wounds; he was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center and died shortly after midnight. A woman who lived at the apartment was inside when police arrived; her name was not released.

Investigators described the scene as a violent confrontation that reached Baker’s doorway. On January 21, 1986, authorities conducted early-morning raids and arrested three men: Bennie Wright Sr., 54; Craig Brown, 28; and Lynott Richardson, 31. They faced multiple charges including first-degree murder, third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, possession of an instrument of crime, conspiracy, recklessly endangering another person, and firearms violations. A fourth suspect, Allan Richardson, 26, was being sought.

Did anyone in Chester at the time have information about the confrontation that led to Baker’s death?