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Ballistics Match Links Convicted Shooter to 2018 Cheltenham Road‑Rage Murder

A NIBIN notification tying a 2024 Delaware County shooting to a cartridge casing from the 2018 scene produced the lead that prompted first‑degree charges while the suspect awaits a separate late‑June sentencing.

Overview

  • Prosecutors announced Wednesday that 38‑year‑old Jihad Henderson was charged with first‑degree murder for the Oct. 15, 2018, killing of 29‑year‑old Rithina Torn in Cheltenham Township.
  • Investigators entered a cartridge casing recovered at the 2018 scene into the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network and in November 2024 received a potential match to evidence from a Oct. 13, 2024, shooting in a Springfield Township Target parking lot.
  • Two Montgomery County ballistics examiners conducted a side‑by‑side comparison and concluded the bullets from both incidents were fired by the same Glock .40 handgun that investigators say is registered to Henderson.
  • Henderson was convicted in April 2026 for the 2024 Delaware County shooting and remains jailed in Delaware County Prison awaiting arraignment on the new charges; he is scheduled to be sentenced in the Delco case in late June.
  • Officials credited cross‑county cooperation for the break in the cold case, and noted that NIBIN provides leads that require expert confirmation and investigative follow‑up before charges can be brought.