LANCASTER – A Lancaster city teen charged with criminal homicide in an August 2021 shooting will be prosecuted as an adult. On August 27, 2021, 15-year-old Elijahuwon Brown is alleged to have shot and killed Rolando Rivera in the 500 block of Third Street. Detectives located video footage showing Brown and Rivera in the 500 and 600 blocks of Manor Street prior to the homicide. The footage also captured the shooter raising a firearm and shooting multiple times at the victim even while he falls to the ground. Brown was charged, arrested, and arraigned on September 2, 2021, and committed to Lancaster County Prison without bail. Brown is also charged with possession of a firearm by a minor and persons not to possess firearms. A status conference is tentatively scheduled for November 3, 2022.
ELIJAHUWON BROWN