$50K Offered For Information On Suspected Deadly Roxborough Shooter

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — The reward for information leading to the capture and conviction of an accused deadly shooter has increased substantially in hopes of finding the suspect.

The U.S. Marshals Eastern Pennsylvania Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force has increased the reward for information leading to the arrest Dayron Burney-Thorn, 17.

Thorn is charged with the murder of Nicolas Elizalde, 14, of Havertown, on Sept. 27, 2022 outside Roxborough High school.

The U.S. Marshals Service’s addition of $5,000 brings the current total reward amount to $50,000.

The $10,000 offered by the Marshals Service will be paid immediately upon Burney-Thorn's arrest, authorities said.

Philadelphia Police and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives are offering the additional $40,000 reward.

Authorities said in November 2022, Burney- Thorn was hiding in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.

U.S. Marshals in Georgia are also seeking help from the public and the local media in an attempt to locate Burney- Thorn.

Burney-Thorn is 6 feet 3 inches and weighs about 215 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

His last known address was in the 2900 block of Bambrey Street in Philadelphia.

Tips can be called into PA CrimeStoppers at 1-800-4PA-TIPS or via the USMS Tips App.

Burney-Thorn is also implicated in another shooting that happened one day before the Roxborough shooting.

Authorities said he and two others shot and killed 19-year-old Tahmir Jones on Sept. 26, 2022.

Three others — Saleem Miller, 16, Troy Fletcher, 15, Yaaseen Bivins, 21, and Zyheid Jones, 17 — were all taken into custody in connection with the Roxborough shooting.

Miller, Fletcher, Bivins, and Jones are charged with murder, firearms violations, attempted murder, aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.