A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty last week to charges of perjury and false swearing related to the Grand Jury investigation into the December 2020 murder of Shaquille Love. The plea was entered before Common Pleas Judge Wallace H. Bateman Jr. via video conference.
Bateman sentenced Quashaad Rodney James, of Bristol Township, to 1 ½ to six years in state prison, with a concurrent sentence of two years of probation. This sentence will begin after James is paroled from a 20 to 40-year sentence he is currently serving for an unrelated matter originating in Philadelphia.
The charges against James stem from his false testimony under oath before the Investigating Grand Jury. During his testimony, James falsely identified another individual as the person responsible for the murder of Shaquille Love. Bucks County Detectives subsequently investigated and confirmed that the individual James accused had no involvement in the crime.
During the sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Brittney M. Kern emphasized the seriousness of James’ actions, stating that lying to the Grand Jury on two separate occasions not only impeded a homicide investigation but also wrongly implicated an innocent man.
This development follows the recent sentencing of Kelvontae Nasheed Perry, 30, also of Bristol Township, who was convicted of third-degree murder in the death of Love. On May 7, 2025, Bateman sentenced Perry to 21 ½ to 44 years in state prison. Perry’s sentencing followed his conviction in December after a three-day waiver trial, where the court found him guilty of conspiring with another individual to fatally shoot Love. Perry was also convicted of aggravated assault, firearms not to be carried without a license, possession of an instrument of crime, possession of a weapon, and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
The investigation revealed that Love, described by prosecutors as an innocent victim, was tragically caught in the crossfire of a violent dispute between rival Bristol Township neighborhoods. On December 23, 2020, Love was giving a friend a ride when their vehicle encountered one driven by Perry and occupied by another individual. Love’s passenger and Perry, along with his passenger, had associations with the opposing neighborhood groups.
Evidence presented at Perry’s trial showed that he intentionally followed Love’s vehicle in his gold Lexus. As Love’s passenger asked him to pull over to allow the Lexus to pass, Perry slowed down, enabling his co-conspirator to fire a fatal gunshot at Love from the front passenger window before they fled. Love was found deceased in the driver’s seat of his vehicle in the 1800 block of Edgely Road by responding police. The cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the head.
Testimony from two acquaintances of Perry indicated that he admitted his involvement in the shooting. The co-conspirator involved in the homicide has not been charged.
Four years ago then District Attorney, now Common Pleas Court Justice, Matt Weintraub, held a press conference in Bristol Township announcing rewards for information on the deaths of Love, Cashe Conover, and Bristol Borough Firefighter Daniel Santiago. The latter two cases remain open at last check.
The 2 ½-year investigation was a collaborative effort between Detectives from the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Bristol Township Police Department, with the support of the 20th Investigating Grand Jury.