Deadly Delco Road Rage Shooter Sentenced

SPRINGFIELD, PA — A Darby man was hit with a hefty prison sentence Monday after pleading admitting to fatally shooting a man during a 2022 road rage shooting in Delaware County.

Saddiq Washington, 24, of Darby, was sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison for the June 29, 2022, killing of King Hua, 54, in Springfield Township.

Washington pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and aggravated assault in court Monday in connection with the shooting.

The incident occurred at about 8:43 a.m. June 29, 2022, on South State Road in the area of Buttonwood Drive and Meetinghouse Lane in Springfield.

According to police, officers were call to the area for a report of a crash and a shooting.

Hua, died after being shot in the incident.

Police said Hua and his wife were driving south on State Road when another vehicle passed them.

The passing vehicle stopped, and a passenger, later identified as Saddiq Washington, got partially out of the vehicle and fired shots at Hua's vehicle, authorities said.

Police said the road rage incident began because the Saddiq Washington and his mother Amanda Washington, who was driving the vehicle, thought Hua was driving too slowly.

Amanda Washington was later charged with hindering apprehension.

Hua was struck and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Authorities were able to identify Saddiq Washington as a suspect in less than 48 hours.

Saddiq Washington did have a license to carry his firearm, authorities said.

Amanda Washington in May 2023 pleaded guilty to hindering apprehension in connection with the shooting incident.

She was sentenced to 7 years probation, court records show.