Roxborough High School Shooter Sentenced for Killing Two Teens, Wounding Four Others

Gunman in Roxborough High School ambush sentenced for 2 murders

The final suspect charged in connection with the deadly 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School was sentenced Friday in Philadelphia.

Roxborough High School shooter sentenced for killing two teens, wounding four others

Zaakir McClendon has been sentenced to 40-80 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to two fatal shootings, including the deadly 2022 Roxborough High School shooting that resulted in the death of 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde.

Final suspect in murder of Philly high school student to be sentenced

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, Zaakir McClendon, 21, will be sentenced in the deadly shooting of 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde in 2022.

District Attorney Announces Sentencing Of Last Defendant In Roxborough Football Murder

by Alex Lloyd Gross Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced that Zaakir McClendon is going to prison for the next 40-80 years for the murder of Nicolas Elizalde, the wounding of four other children outside Roxborough High School in 2022 and for fatally shooting 16-year-old Nafis Betrand-Hill in April 2023. McClendon entered a guilty plea...