A Jefferson Hills stabbing homicide charge has been filed against Kabir Buhari, 42, after his mother returned home to find his father (69-year-old Alhaji Buhari) on the kitchen floor covered in blood, with trails leading to the basement the son was known to frequent, the Allegheny County Police Department announced.
Kabir Buhari faces a charge of criminal homicide in connection with the death of his father. He was arrested at a hotel in Bethesda, Maryland, on Monday, 23 June 2026, two days after the killing, and is being held pending extradition to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
The Jefferson Hills Stabbing Homicide: What Investigators Found at the Scene
The victim’s spouse left the family home on Arnoni Drive, Jefferson Hills, at around 8:55 a.m. on Saturday, 20 June 2026, according to a criminal complaint cited by TribLive. She returned at approximately 3:20 p.m. and discovered Alhaji Buhari on the kitchen floor, described in the complaint as ‘covered in blood and cold to the touch.’
Stab wounds were present on his face, neck, and chest. Two knives were found on a nearby counter, and blood trails extended to the basement, where Kabir Buhari had spent much of his time. He was not there when officers arrived.
Emergency services were called at around 4 p.m. after a 911 report of an unresponsive man at the property. According to CBS Pittsburgh, the initial 911 call reported a man who had been shot, not stabbed; first responders were treating the incident as a potential shooting before establishing that the victim had suffered multiple stab wounds. Alhaji Buhari was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner subsequently ruled his death a homicide, according to WTAE.
Licence Plates and a Flight South: How Police Tracked the Suspect
Investigators moved quickly once they identified Kabir Buhari as their suspect. Licence plate readers placed his silver Chevrolet Impala travelling south on Route 51 at 10:36 a.m., approximately six minutes from the family home, and near a Fayette County hotel at 11:41 a.m., according to the criminal complaint cited by TribLive.
Detectives concluded he appeared to be heading toward Maryland, where family members live. Those relatives, however, were not expecting him.
His mother told officers that her son had struggled with mental illness and had previously been involuntarily committed to a facility. Investigators also received information that Kabir Buhari owned at least one firearm and, according to a witness, ‘always had it on his person, even in the residence,’ raising concern about whether he was armed as he fled.
The Allegheny County Police Department determined that detectives believed him to be at a hotel more than 200 miles southeast of Jefferson Hills, in Maryland. The Montgomery County Police Department, assisted by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, arrested him on Monday morning, 23 June 2026.
Court records do not yet list a hearing date for Kabir Buhari, indicating he has yet to be formally extradited to Pennsylvania. Subject to any extradition proceedings, the criminal homicide case will be heard in Allegheny County.
