Abington Police said intruder shot by homeowner's son was not alone during burglary

An Abington shooting involving a son protecting his mother, and her recent casino winnings, from a home invader quickly spread throughout the local community. As it turns out, the intruder wasn’t alone, and recently released reports are now flushing out more to the story.

On Monday, Sept. 23, around 12:59 a.m., the Abington Township Police reported to a home in the 1800 block of Horace Avenue within the township for a home invasion robbery call, reports said. Willow Grove Now covered the initial arrest of the accused, Khabir Shepard, 26, of Newark, N.J. here.

According to reports at that time, Shepard forced his way into the home, pointed a gun at the female homeowner, and proceeded to push her to the ground to take her purse from a nearby dining room table. Hearing his mother’s struggle, police said that the homeowner’s son “fearing for his mother’s life,” fired two shots at Shepard, striking him in the back and arm, as he ran from the home. Shepard, according to reports, fell in the home’s front lawn, where police found him upon their arrival.

Reports filed on Oct. 8 added more to detail to the incident, stating that, upon arrival, police took both the intruder, Shepard, into custody without incident. The homeowner told police she’d just entered her residence on Sept. 23, having returned from Parx Casino in Bensalem “after winning a few thousand dollars,” police said. Reports stated that, as the homeowner went to take her dog out, Shepard entered the residence through the front door, throwing the woman to the ground, grabbed her purse, and attempted to flee, when a “fight ensued with the victim,” police said.

This is when her son, according to reports, shot Shepard, according to police. However, newer reports with updated investigation findings noted that the son also “observed a second male suspect standing outside of the residence at the front door.” Reports stated that the two men both attempted to flee, but Shepard fell on the lawn. The second unidentified male “fled to a dark vehicle which fled westbound on Horace Avenue, police said.

According to reports, the son followed the two men out of the house, and “took a position of cover over Shepard who was lying on the front lawn suffering from gunshot wounds.” The son asked Shepard where his gun was, and he said it was under his leg, police reported. The son took Shepard’s gun and “tossed it to a safe location away from his reach,” police said.

Police reported that they later recovered Shepard’s .45 caliber Springfield DX semi-automatic handgun, which was loaded with 12 live rounds. As a felon, Shepard was not to possess a firearm, police said.

A later investigation by Abington Police revealed that the woman was followed hoe by a black, Chevy Impala vehicle, just before 1 a.m. that morning of Sept. 23. She said the same car was seen driving on her street after she parked her vehicle in her driveway, police said. Police obtained camera footage from surrounding traffic cameras, and were able to observe a black, Chevy Impala with New Jersey tags traveling in a direction away from the Horace Avenue home around 1:03 a.m. While viewing the route the homeowner took from the casino to her home, police said that they also observed the same car and tags traveling behind the victim’s vehicle around 12:47 a.m. earlier that night.

Police said that they additionally obtained footage from Parx Casino cameras and saw the Chevy arrive around 12:11 a.m. the same overnight of Sunday, Sept. 22 into Monday, Sept. 23. Reports stated that a “tall, black male wearing a black ballcap, black T-shirt, and grey or green pants exited the driver’s side of the Impala and enters the Casino. Two additional black males exit the Impala and “stand outside of the vehicle,” police said. One of the males standing is Shepard according to police, wearing the same clothing witnessed after the shooting. The third man, staying at the car with Shepard, is described as a “stocky black male with a dark head scarf, a grey and black patterned shirt, and dark pants, police said.

The driver, KC Franklin Davis, 51, of Trenton, N.J., police said, was identified as the man went into the Casino with a player’s card, which was connected to a New Jersey driver’s license. The images of his license were compared with those on surveillance footage, and were found to match, reports stated.

Police said that Davis plays some gaming machines before standing behind the homeowner victim as she plays a card game table. Davis follows the woman after she was done playing and cashed out her tokens to get her payout, said reports. After receiving her funds, the woman exits to the parking lot, police said, and at the same time Davis returned to the Impala’s driver’s seat. Police reported that Davis then pulls out the car from the space without his headlights and “waits at the top of the parking aisle for the victim to pull out.” Reports stated that Davis then followed the victim, illuminating his vehicle’s lights, and remains behind her exiting the Casino grounds onto westbound Street Road in Bensalem.

According to reports of an interview conducted by police with the son, he confirmed the order of events involving his mother’s return home, Shepard entering the home, and the shooting. Police said that the son also stated he’d observed a “second male suspect who was standing on the porch outside of the front door.” Following the shooting, reports stated that the son saw the second male flee to a dark, waiting car that then fled westbound on Horace toward Old York Road.

Police said they later confirmed that Shepard and Davis “are friendly” and “were working in concert during the time frame of this incident.”

Davis is charged with eight felonies, including Robbery with a threat of serious injury, Theft by unlawful taking, Criminal trespassing, Conspiracy to trespass, Burglary of overnight accommodations while a person is present, Aggravated Assault with attempts to cause bodily injury with a deadline weapon, Conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, and Conspiracy for a robbery. Additionally, he faces misdemeanor charges of Recklessly endangering another person, Conspiracy to do so, three counts of simple assault, and a Conspiracy to commit simple assault.

Davis is held in county jail unable to post a $250,000 monetary bail on Oct. 26. On Oct. 29, the Court of Common Pleas reduced the bail amount to $99,000 by court order.

Davis attended a preliminary arraignment on Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. and is due to face a preliminary hearing on Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. with Magisterial District Judge John D. Kessler.

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.