A doctor who put his own medical career on hold and delivered food to help support his wife’s professional dreams was shot execution-style after being sent to a Philadelphia home where residents reportedly said they had never ordered anything.

Md Mahfuzul Haque, 43, was making a DoorDash delivery in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood on July 7 when he was shot in the back of the head in what police have described as a targeted attack involving three masked suspects.

Now, a 15-year-old boy has been charged as an adult in connection with the horrifying killing.

Zakah Johnson faces charges of murder, robbery, conspiracy and firearms offenses in Haque’s death.

Johnson was already being held in connection with an unrelated investigation when authorities identified him as a suspect. Police rearrested the teenager before he was scheduled to be released.

He was denied bail and is being held at the Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Center ahead of a preliminary hearing scheduled for August 10.

Investigators are still searching for two other people believed to have taken part in the deadly attack.

Haque, a physician from Bangladesh, had temporarily stepped away from his own medical ambitions and taken delivery work and other temporary jobs so his wife, Minara Rahman, could pursue an optometry career in the United States.

The family believed they were finally close to achieving the American life they had worked toward for years.

Instead, their dream ended in unimaginable tragedy just as Rahman was beginning the career her husband had sacrificed so much to support.

Police officers were called to South Ithan Street shortly before 9:30 p.m. and found Haque lying beside his car, which was still running.

He had suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head. Two spent rifle casings were reportedly discovered just inches from his body.

A DoorDash delivery bag was also found nearby.

Haque was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said three masked men wearing dark clothing were seen fleeing after the shooting.

Investigators also recovered several cellphones near the scene and reportedly found another bag of food as far as a block away.

Detectives began combing through neighborhood surveillance footage as they worked to retrace Haque’s final delivery and identify everyone involved.

Authorities have not publicly revealed who placed the DoorDash order, why Haque may have been targeted or which alleged attacker fired the fatal shot.

Residents at the address where Haque had reportedly been sent told investigators they had not ordered any food, raising disturbing questions about whether the delivery was used to lure him into an ambush.

DoorDash said it was assisting police with the investigation.

“We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss,” the company said in a statement to Fox 29.

“We are fully cooperating with law enforcement to assist their investigation in order to help bring those responsible for this senseless act to justice.”

Haque and Rahman, both 43, first met while attending medical school in their native Bangladesh in 2000. They married soon afterward and later practiced medicine there together.

The couple moved to Canada in 2011 under skilled immigration visas and spent much of the following decade there. Haque had extended family living in Canada.

In 2023, the couple relocated to Philadelphia with their son so Rahman could enroll in Drexel University’s optometry program and qualify to work in the United States.

Haque took on food delivery and other temporary work while his wife completed her education.

“It was me who wanted to do something more, and he always supported me,” Rahman told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “Without him, it would have been impossible.”

Rahman graduated last year and began practical training as the family worked to extend their U.S. visas.

She said the couple believed America would offer their family greater opportunity, safety and financial security, even though she had concerns about crime in Philadelphia.

Following her husband’s killing, Rahman abandoned her plans to continue her medical career in the United States.

She returned to Vancouver with the couple’s 14-year-old son, and Haque was buried there.

Rahman said she was especially devastated after learning the accused suspect was only 15 — just one year older than her own child.

“I can’t imagine any boy like my son’s age treating anybody else like that,” she said. “I have no idea what they were thinking — what was their motive, and how did they get that firearm that easily?”

The killing also destroyed the family’s summer plans.

Haque, Rahman and their son had been preparing for a trip to Florida, as well as an anniversary celebration in Atlantic City.

Rahman said she has struggled with guilt, wondering whether the family’s decision to move to Philadelphia for her career played a role in her husband’s death.

“I’m crying, I’m mourning, I’m in grief, but I’m still not believing he’s not with me,” she said.

Haque’s death was one of at least three shootings involving food delivery drivers in Philadelphia this summer.

In a separate case, police charged a 14-year-old boy with allegedly luring delivery driver Anshul Kuncha to an abandoned North Philadelphia rowhouse, where Kuncha was found fatally shot in the head.

Another delivery driver, 31, was shot in the hand after an argument with two women in the Northern Liberties neighborhood, according to police. He was taken to a hospital in stable condition.

Rahman said she and her husband had spent years caring for patients during some of the most painful moments of their lives.

Now, she is the one desperately searching for help as she grieves the man who gave up so much to support her.

“Now I’m in that situation,” she said. “I can’t take it anymore, and I need help.”