On the evening of February 10, 2019, 34-year-old Timothy Wayne Youngquist was working as a food delivery driver in Edgewood, Maryland, a job he took on to support his family. At approximately 8:30 p.m. in the 700 block of Monticello Court, his life was cut short in what appeared to be an attempted robbery. Deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a shooting and found Youngquist on the ground with a gunshot wound.
They immediately began life-saving measures until medics arrived and transported him to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. At the time of his death, Youngquist left behind his girlfriend of seven years and their five-year-old son.
The initial investigation revealed that three males were seen fleeing the crime scene. For three years, detectives from the Harford County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with federal and state law enforcement, pursued leads. Their investigation led them to three suspects. In February 2022, Amir Turner, who was 17 at the time of the incident, was sentenced to over 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to carjacking resulting in death. According to his plea agreement, Turner and two others attempted to steal Youngquist's car. When Youngquist resisted, Turner shot him multiple times.
Following this development, a Harford County Grand Jury indicted two other men, Jabrell Jayon Brodie, 20, and Jaquan James Rashard Northan, 21, both of Joppa. In March 2022, they were taken into custody and charged with first- and second-degree murder, manslaughter, attempted armed carjacking, armed robbery, and firearms use in the commission of a felony, among other offenses. Both were held at the Harford County Detention Center without bail. The arrests brought a measure of resolution to a case that had remained unsolved for three years, though for Youngquist's family, the loss remained immeasurable.
