Woman Pleads Guilty In Husband's Park Slaying

Sammar Khan being led to a constable’s SUV in May 2023.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

A Bristol Township woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting her estranged husband in a busy Bristol Borough park in May 2023.

Sammar Khan, 42, of Levittown, came before Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Finley and entered an open guilty plea in the killing of her husband, Faisal Iqbal, 39. Khan’s plea was to charges of third-degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, and reckless endangerment.

The shooting occurred on the morning of Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Bristol Borough Waterfront Park.

The couple’s pre-K-aged son was nearby when she gunned down Iqbal.

Witnesses told police Khan and Iqbal were seen talking along the beach when Khan began speaking loudly in another language.

A “pop” sound was then heard by witnesses, and Iqbal reportedly brushed his hand on his body before wrestling with Khan. Additional shots were heard during the struggle, authorities said.

Iqbal walked toward the Mill Street Parking Lot and told a bystander to call 9-1-1.

Police said Khan then fired two more shots at Iqbal, causing him to collapse.

As he lay on the ground, Khan allegedly raised a 9mm handgun and fired twice at his stomach before firing once into his head.

Medics pronounced Iqbal dead at the scene.

The gun on the bench. Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

Khan, a mother of four who worked part-time at Dunkin’, told detectives she met Iqbal at the park to discuss their relationship, and the meeting “did not go well.”