NORRISTOWN — A Norristown man who was on the lam for more than a month since his alleged involvement in the November 2025 gang-related gunshot slaying of a 19-year-old borough man has been captured by authorities in Philadelphia.
Ziyker Evan Washington, 20, of the 1200 block of West Marshall Street, was apprehended without incident Monday evening by a Pennsylvania State Police SWAT unit at a Philadelphia residence. Additional details about the apprehension were not available on Tuesday.
A warrant had been issued for Washington’s arrest in connection with the alleged 6:08 p.m. Nov. 30, 2025, gunshot slaying of Hamid Myheime Boyd in the 1000 block of Powell Street. Authorities had turned to the public for assistance during the search, including offering a $5,000 reward for information that led to Washington’s capture.
It wasn’t revealed if the offer of reward money had led to Washington’s arrest.
Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Norristown Police Chief Michael Trail announced Washington’s capture on Tuesday.
“I want to thank the public for the numerous tips and assistance in getting this defendant in custody and off the streets,” Steele said. “While Washington managed to evade police for more than a month, anyone looking to commit murder in Montgomery County should know that we and our law enforcement partners will never give up finding all murderers until they are behind bars where they can’t harm the law-abiding people of our communities.”
Ziyker Washington (Booking photo courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney)
Washington, who is charged with first- and second-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a prohibited firearm and related weapons offenses, is one of three males charged in connection with Boyd’s murder.
Mark Fields Jr., 18, of the 300 block of Haws Avenue, Norristown, and Theodore Adams, 17, of the 3400 block of Keim Street, Philadelphia, were arrested in December on identical charges.
The trio remains in the county jail without bail while awaiting their preliminary hearings on the charges later this month before District Court Judge Todd N. Barnes.
“The murder of Hamid Boyd appears to have been caused by senseless feuding between two groups of young people that left one young man dead and now has put three others in prison,” Steele added on Tuesday.
Mark Fields Jr. (Booking photo courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney)
The investigation began about 6:08 p.m. Nov. 30 when borough police responded to the area of Powell and Spruce streets after they were alerted to numerous gunshots in the area by ShotSpotter, a system that uses acoustic technology to echo-locate gunshots and pinpoint the exact location of the gunshots.
Typically, police are notified within 60 seconds that gunshots have been detected and their location.
When police responded to the location of the gunfire, they found Boyd suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers immediately began performing CPR and Boyd, whose exact address was unavailable, was transported to Jefferson Montgomery Einstein Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a criminal complaint filed by county Detective Mark Minzola and Norristown Detective Joshua Samuels.
An autopsy determined Boyd died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide.
Investigators recovered a total of 45 fired cartridge casings, 9mm and .45-caliber, at the scene as well as one live 9mm round, according to court documents.
One 9mm extended magazine, containing live 9mm rounds, was also found at the scene.
Detectives determined 17 of the fired cartridge casings were fired by a .45-caliber firearm, 17 casings were fired by a 9mm firearm and 11 of the casings were fired by a different 9mm firearm.
Detectives concluded that “three different firearms were discharged at the scene of Boyd’s murder.”
During the investigation, detectives identified two hybrid street gangs, known as the “1200’s” and “The Ave,” operating in Norristown and engaging in feuds.
Detectives alleged Boyd was aligned with “The Ave” gang and Washington, Fields and Adams are members of the rival gang “1200’s.”
“These gang associations have been confirmed through social media postings, law enforcement sources and prior investigations. Additionally, law enforcement is also aware of tensions between the two gangs, as members of both groups have recently been murdered,” Minzola and Samuels alleged in court documents.
Ziyker Washington, 20, of the 1200 block of West Marshall Street, Norristown (Photo courtesy Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Two days before Boyd was killed, Washington posted a photo on social media that depicted him posing with a Glock 19 handgun, pointing it in the air, with three unidentified males standing behind him. The photo included a caption, “MAN (expletive) DA AVE,” which was a direct reference to the group with which Boyd was associated.
Detectives alleged the Glock 19 depicted in the social media post “is consistent with the firearm” that could have produced some of the 9mm fired cartridge casings found at the scene of Boyd’s murder.
A confidential source told detectives that the social media post was meant “as a direct threat” from the group Washington was associated with, the “1200’s,” against the rival group known as “The Ave,” according to court documents.
Within hours of Boyd’s murder, Washington’s social media page was deactivated or renamed, authorities alleged.
Confidential sources told detectives that word on the street was that the 1200’s were responsible for Boyd’s murder and that after the killing they took the victim’s gun, according to court documents.
“Furthermore, (the source) stated the 1200’s were driving around the night of the murder looking for their rivals,” Minzola and Samuels alleged.
Relying on video surveillance, a review of social media posts, interviews with witnesses and informants, and other investigative tools, detectives developed Fields, Adams and Washington as suspects in Boyd’s murder.
Investigators alleged the defendants were together at an apartment on West Johnson Highway in Norristown shortly before the alleged slaying. Washington borrowed his girlfriend’s white Chevrolet Cruze, in which the three defendants then traveled together to the area of Powell and Spruce Streets.
Video surveillance depicted Boyd, who relatives said was headed to a local store on the corner of Powell and Spruce streets, walking north along the sidewalk on the west side of the 1000 block of Powell Street when the Chevrolet Cruze arrived in the area about 6:04 p.m. and entered a nearby alley.
At 6:06 p.m., multiple gunshots were heard. Following the shooting, the defendants, according to video surveillance, ran back to the vehicle and fled the area and returned to the apartment on Johnson Highway, according to court documents.
In court documents, detectives alleged Washington, despite being only 20 years old, has numerous arrests as a juvenile and adult for assault, robbery and firearms violations and that he is currently being supervised by state parole officials.