2 Convicted After Killing On Schuylkill River Trail

WEST NORRITON, PA — Two men have been convicted after shooting, robbing, and killing an acquaintance in West Norriton along the Schuylkill River Trail last year.

Cody Reed, 24, of Norristown, and Marquise Johnson, 24, of Philadelphia pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, robbery, and related counts in Montgomery County Court.

Sentencing is forthcoming. The pair face up to life in prison without parole.

In a statement, West Norriton Police hailed the cooperative effort by law enforcement and the district attorney's office to capture and convict the pair.

"The victim's family finally has closure and justice has been served," the department said after the verdict was reached.

The incident occurred back on March 2, 2023.

Johnson, Reed, and the victim, 25-year-old Daquan Tucker, of Audubon, all knew each other

The trio left the Norristown home of Reed, who was already on probation for robbery charges, at around 7 p.m. that night Schuylkill River Trail. A criminal complaint stated that Tucker's friends believed he was going there to smoke.

Investigators eventually pieced together a loose timeline of events in what they believed to be a robbery gone wrong. At some point during the interaction, the pair shot Tucker multiple times on the Schuylkill River trail, police said.

His body was found by a cyclist at 9 a.m. the next morning about 100 feet down an embankment between the trail and the Schuylkill River, near the border of West Norriton and Norristown.

Johnson and Reed fled and were the subject of a lengthy manhunt before they were captured following a standoff in Atlantic City about a month later.

A sentencing date has not yet been announced.