HARRISBURG, PA — A Northampton County man was sentenced to life in prison without parole, plus an additional 20 to 40 years, for the 2018 killing of an 18-year-old in Bethlehem, Attorney General Dave Sunday announced.
Zahmire Welcome, 27, of Whitehall, was convicted in October by a Northampton County jury of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and kidnapping in the death of Tyrell Holmes.
According to prosecutors, Holmes was stabbed and set on fire in April 2018 outside an apartment complex in Bethlehem.
Welcome was also ordered to pay restitution to the victim’s grandmother for funeral expenses.
Authorities said Welcome was one of four members of a group known as “Money Rules Everything” involved in the killing.
“Today’s life sentence marks the final step in holding all four defendants responsible for their actions,” Sunday said.
Three other co-defendants have also been convicted or pleaded guilty in the case.
Alkiohn Dunkins, 27, of Easton, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison plus 23 to 50 years.
Yzire Jenkins-Rowe, 28, of Collegeville, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, conspiracy, and arson and was sentenced to 27½ to 60 years.
Miles Harper, 27, of Allentown, pleaded guilty to aggravated arson and was sentenced to 5 to 20 years.
A statement from Holmes’ grandmother was read in court during sentencing.
“The young men who took (Tyrell’s) life will never truly understand the devastation they caused,” the statement said.
The case was prosecuted by Senior Deputy Attorney General Christopher Phillips and Senior Deputy Attorney General Katherine McDermott.
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