3 Charged After Fatal Shooting In Ardmore

ARDMORE, PA – Two men are facing murder charges in connection with the shooting death of a 19-year-old man over the weekend in Ardmore. A third man is facing weapons charges.

Micah Colbert, 19, of Ardmore, and Elijah Smith, 21, of Philadelphia, have been arrested on murder and robbery charges. A third man, Dorian Harris, 21, of Ardmore, was also arrested and charged in connection with illegally transferring a firearm.

The shooting happened around 3 p.m. on Saturday. That's when Lower Merion Police responded to 122 Ardmore Avenue for the report of an unconscious man in a car. When police arrived, they found Layth Evans, 19 of Philadelphia, in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to his face.

Evans was pronounced dead at the scene by Narberth Ambulance personnel.

Detectives recovered $500 cash on the driver's side floorboard and a spent shell casing from the backseat floor of the car.

Eyewitness accounts, video surveillance, text messages and cellphone records indicate Colbert and Smith arranged a meeting with Evans in order to purchase a "ghost gun" – a firearm assembled from parts, making it untraceable – from Evans.

According to police, Colbert used Harris' firearm to shoot Evans in the face.

Around 6 p.m. on Saturday, Harris reported to the Lower Merion Police that his Glock 19 semi-automatic weapon had been taken and used by his roommate, Colbert. Harris turned over the weapon to police.

Video surveillance and eyewitness account confirmed Harris was not present at the shooting, police said.

A ghost gun was also located in the bedroom shared by Colbert and Harris.

Evans' cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the face and the manner was determined to be homicide by the Montgomery County Coroner's Office.

Colbert and Smith were charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery and related charges, police said. Harris was arrested on a charge of unlawful transfer of a firearm.