Overview
- A criminal complaint says Steven Christian Jahn, 44, called police earlier Saturday claiming he was being followed, displayed frantic behavior, lawfully possessed a handgun with a carry permit, refused to surrender it, and left a hospital after agreeing to go there.
- Later that night, residents reported gunshots and filmed Jahn acting erratically in a driveway; traffic and neighborhood videos then placed his vehicle near the scene where a driver was shot.
- Jahn was detained after a relative requested a wellness check, with police recovering firearms and a dashcam and noting statements they described as erratic, including an admission that he pulled the trigger at a car.
- Prosecutors charge Jahn with homicide, first-degree murder, and weapons offenses; he is held at Chester County Prison without bail with a preliminary hearing set for March 23.
- Police say the woman was shot while driving near Contention Lane and Old State Road and later died at Paoli Hospital; authorities believe the attack was random, are withholding her name, and say Jahn acted alone.