On August 21, 2023, 36-year-old Ray Shawn Wood was fatally shot during a funeral luncheon on the 600 block of Long Lane in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. The gathering of roughly 50 to 100 people was for James Ford, who had been killed days earlier in Clifton Heights. As attendees were leaving around 5:15 p.m., a gunman exited a dark-colored Chevrolet Malibu and opened fire into the crowd. Wood was pronounced dead at the scene; three others were wounded, one critically and two with graze wounds.

Investigators say the attack appears to be retaliation related to Ford’s August 17 homicide. Ford’s nephew, 25-year-old Birchett Lamont King, was arrested the same day as the luncheon shooting on accusations he killed his uncle after a dispute over a car. No arrests have been announced in the funeral shooting; police are seeking the dark-colored Chevrolet Malibu and additional suspects.

If anyone attended the luncheon or has tips about the vehicle or the shooting, please share what is known with Upper Darby Police.