So, Leigertwood, 31, was wearing a suit when he walked to his car in the driveway of his Yeadon home on Church Lane about 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Two men walking north on the west side of Church Lane crossed the street, approaching Leigertwood from behind. They fired two shots and one hit Leigertwood in the neck, killing him. Then the men ran back the way they had come.

Yesterday, Yeadon police released descriptions of the men based on witness reports. They were described as two black men who appeared to be in their 20s, about 5-foot-7 to 5-foot-9 and of small build, weighing between 135 and 145 pounds. Both men had dark complexions and wore their hair closely cropped.

One of the men wore a black hoodie, dark jeans and sneakers. The second man wore a white hoodie, dark Dickies-type pants, and black Converse-type sneakers.

Police have no motive in the borough's second homicide of the year, said Police Chief Donald Molineaux. The men did not take Leigertwood's wallet, watch and jewelry, or the laptop computer and speakers he was loading into his car. He lived on a busy road next door to Evans Elementary School, a half-block from the police station.

Leigertwood was a man with big plans. He bought and refurbished the five-bedroom home just after his marriage in 2003. He and his wife, Raven, planned to fill it with children, Raven said yesterday. They have a 7-month-old daughter, Nichole.

He wanted to be a neurosurgeon, and studied biology and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, said his mother, Viola Leigertwood, a Philadelphia police dispatcher. But after graduating in 2001, his mother helped him buy a property to give him a jump start in real-estate investment, a subject he had become interested in.

Leigertwood refurbished properties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He hoped to earn enough to set up his family in beautiful homes in the same city, Raven Leigertwood said. He hoped to retire before he reached 40, and talked about returning to the Caribbean, whence his mother emigrated more than 20 years ago.

His generosity didn't end with his family. He returned to his alma mater, John Bartram High School in Southwest Philadelphia, and helped guide students from lower-income families through college admissions.

When he found out that one of his students who was graduating and heading to college didn't have a computer, he bought her one, Raven Leigertwood said.

"He made sure that his kids had the tools to succeed when they graduated," she said in an interview at her home yesterday.

Fernando Gallard, a spokesman for the Philadelphia School District, said the district will likely hold a fund-raiser and set up a trust fund for Leigertwood's daughter, though details are not finalized.

Leigertwood immersed himself in positive-thinking books and workshops and motivational seminars. His enthusiasm was infectious, friends and family gathered at his home said yesterday.

On Saturday, Leigertwood was on his way to a class at the Radnor campus of Eastern University, where he was studying for an M.B.A. It was the last class he had to take before graduating in December, and he was bringing audiovisual equipment to give a PowerPoint presentation on refurbishing buildings.

Before he left the house, he took Nichole and put her in bed alongside Raven. He kissed both goodbye and said he'd see them later.

Raven was drifting in and out of sleep when she heard what she thought was a car backfiring.

"I didn't realize it was gunshots," she said. "My dog wouldn't stop barking."

A pastor who lives in the neighborhood saw Leigertwood lying in his driveway next to his car and called 911. Raven Leigertwood didn't know her husband was dead until a police officer knocked on her door about 7 a.m.

Funeral arrangements have not been finalized, but the family plans to hold a service at the Sharon Baptist Church on Conshohocken Avenue in Philadelphia.

Yeadon police are asking anyone with information about the slaying or the two suspects to call 610-259-1228 or the Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division at 610-891-4700.