Aaron Deshong, 50, of Perkiomen Township.
Aaron Deshong is accused of the Sept. 24, 2023, fatal shootings of his mother, Wanda, 74, who lived with him, and his brother, Adam, 53, of Devon, Chester County.
The jury trial for a Perkiomen Township man accused of homicide for allegedly shooting and killing his mom and brother is scheduled to begin Monday, according to Montgomery County court records.
Aaron Eslie Deshong, 50, of the 700 block of Gravel Pike, will be tried on charges of first- and third-degree murder for allegedly shooting his mother, Wanda Deshong, 74, who lived with him, and his brother, Adam Deshong, 53, of Chester County, on Sept. 24, 2023.
Life imprisonment is mandatory with a first-degree murder conviction, which means the crime was intentional. Deshong faces 20 to 40 years in prison on the third-degree murder charge, which implies he killed with malice (hate) or cruelty.
The trial would last four days, per Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge William R. Carpenter.
According to the Montgomery County District Attorney, on the day of the homicides, at 5:02 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police responded to Deshong’s home after a male placed a call to an FBI Threat Assessment Center and indicated that he may have hurt his family members.
The FBI relayed the information to Pennsylvania State Police at Skippack, and troopers were dispatched. Police arrived on scene while the caller, later identified as Deshong, was still on the phone with the FBI, authorities said.
Deshong was detained by police, before they entered the home to find a Wanda and Adam Deshong dead in the kitchen, police said.
A Smith & Wesson .38-caliber revolver, registered to the defendant, was found in the defendant’s basement bedroom closet. The revolver had four spent shell casings in the cylinder as well as two live rounds, police said.
Autopsies on Wanda and Adam Deshong were conducted by Dr. Khalil Wardak of the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office, who determined Wanda Deshong died of a gunshot wound to the head, and Adam Deshong died of multiple gunshot wounds, police said, with the manner being homicide for both.
Deshong remains at Montgomery County jail with no bail, pending trial.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
