Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Oct. 9 that a Northampton County jury convicted Whitehall Township resident Zahmire Welcome, 27, for the 2018 killing of 18-year-old Tyrell Holmes.

The jury found Welcome guilty Oct. 8 of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping, following more than a week of testimony regarding the death of Holmes.

Welcome is one of four Money Rules Everything gang members charged in the killing. He faces a mandatory life-in-prison term when he is sentenced Jan. 14, 2026. The three other codefendants were previously convicted.

“This was a brutal killing perpetrated by the defendant and his coconspirators who are, one by one, being held accountable for their senseless, callous and cowardly acts,” Sunday said. “This is not a day of celebration, as Mr. Holmes was forever taken away from his loved ones, but we are hopeful the jury’s appropriate verdict offers a sense of justice.”

According to the police report, on April 2018, police found Holmes on fire with stab wounds to the neck and torso. Investigators determined Holmes was stabbed and set on fire while still alive. The investigation revealed the victim and two of the codefendants had lived together for a period of time.

Phone records, surveillance video and other evidence led to the arrests of Welcome; Alkiohn Dunkins, 26, of Easton; Yzire Jenkins-Rowe, 28, of Collegeville; and Miles Harper, 26, of Allentown.

Dunkins was previously found guilty by a Northampton County jury of first-degree murder and related crimes. He has been sentenced to a lifetime in prison, plus 23-50 years.

Jenkins-Rowe previously pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, criminal conspiracy to commit murder and arson. He has been sentenced to 27.5-60 years in prison.

Harper has already pleaded guilty to aggravated arson and is awaiting sentencing.

This case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Christopher Phillips and Senior Deputy Attorney General Katherine McDermott.