Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In 2015 Montco Home Invasion, Murder

A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a Lower Moreland man during a home invasion in 2015, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday.

Naadir Abdul-Ali, 21, was sentenced to life plus 10 to 20 years consecutive for the murder of Kevin Brown, the DA said.

Abdul-Ali, along with three other suspects, had pleaded innocent to second-degree murder and related offenses. The three other suspects, Desmond O. Smith, 20, Abdurrahman Amin, 20, and Mujahid Mathews, 18, are still in court.

Brown, 53, was killed in his home on 2388 Philmont Avenue in the Huntingdon Valley section of Lower Moreland Township on September 27, 2015.

Officers arriving on the scene at about 11:10 p.m. found Brown lying on the lawn of his residence. He was taken to Abington Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the neck, the DA said.

It’s unclear which of the four pulled the trigger. Abdul-Ali and Smith, however, are both being charged with weapons offenses, court documents state.

Brown’s daughter had previously been in a relationship with Abdul-Ali, and described him as possessive and violent, the Bucks County Courier Times reports. After Smith and Abdul-Ali allegedly assaulted her at gunpoint in August, Abdul-Ali told her that he would have Smith kill her and her family if she told anyone about what had happened.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Thomas McGoldrick and Assistant District Attorney Laura Bradbury.

Image courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.