Overview
- Police responded around 10:47 p.m. Saturday to a crash near Contention Lane and Old State Road in Berwyn and found a woman shot in her SUV, who died Sunday at Paoli Hospital.
- Officers arrested Steven Christian Jahn, 44, at the scene, and he is being held without bail at Chester County Prison on homicide and weapons counts.
- Prosecutors say he faces criminal homicide, first- and third-degree murder, and firearms charges, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 23.
- Investigators reviewed multiple videos and concluded the shooting appears random, with no known connection between Jahn and the victim and no broader threat to the public.
- Detectives believe the victim was shot before crashing into a pole, the motive remains under investigation, and authorities have not released her name.