On October 29, 2023, at about 7:45 p.m., 65-year-old Mohammad Mahabub Rahman was fatally shot in a carjacking outside the Masjid Al Madinah Islamic Center on the 200 block of 69th Street in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. Roughly 150 people were inside the mosque for evening prayers when the attack occurred. Rahman, a husband and father who worked as a correctional officer at Philadelphia’s Riverside Correctional Facility since 2021, was pronounced dead at the scene and his white Toyota RAV4 was taken; the vehicle was later recovered on the 800 block of Cecil Street in Philadelphia.

Investigators identified 20-year-old Philadelphia resident Herman Stigall as the primary suspect and linked him to an armed robbery at King of Prussia Mall the following day. Authorities tracked Stigall’s movements and, on December 29, 2023, pursued him on Interstate 76; after a crash he was taken into custody and found with a ghost gun that ballistic testing later tied to Rahman’s killing. Stigall was charged with first-degree murder and multiple related offenses. Officials said the attack was a random act of violence, not motivated by bias or Rahman’s mosque affiliation. Family and community members expressed relief at the arrest.

Did anyone who knew Rahman or saw something near the mosque that night come forward with information?