Jesse Darren Burton Jr., a 17-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on April 27, 2013, after gunfire broke out in a Chester neighborhood and turned an ordinary spring evening into a scene of violence. He was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead after being shot. His obituary described him as a Chester native, the son of Arcina L.
Smith and Jesse Darren Burton Sr., and noted that he had attended Chester High School and Strath Haven High School and was enrolled in Agora Cyber School.
The shooting happened around the 1100 block of Upland Street in Chester. Reports described a burst of gunfire that struck four people outside. Jesse was the person who did not survive; three others were wounded. Police characterized the incident as a shooting connected to people inside a vehicle, and investigators were looking for a deep burgundy Ford Escape with Pennsylvania tags that they believed was tied to the crime. Authorities warned that the people inside the SUV were believed to be armed and dangerous.
At the time of the public reporting, police had not named a suspect. The available online reports identified the suspect lead as the burgundy Ford Escape and the unidentified occupants believed to have been involved, rather than naming any individual person. Chester police and Delaware County investigators asked the public for information, directing tips to Chester Police Detective Todd Nuttall and Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division Detective Adam Sendek.
No publicly available online source located for this synopsis identified an arrest, named suspect, trial, conviction, or sentence in Jesse Burton Jr.’s killing. The public record available online appears to leave the case at the investigative stage, with police searching for the vehicle and its occupants after the shooting.
