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David Ruen

Case from Beltsville, MD dated Dec 29, 2018

Victim Details

David Ruen

Male

Black / African American

Beltsville

MD

2018-12-29

38

David

Ruen

07/12/2026

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In the winter of 2018, a welfare check on a quiet street in Beltsville, Maryland, led to a grim discovery. On the morning of December 29th, patrol officers were dispatched to the 11300 block of Evans Trail. Inside a car, they found 38-year-old David Ruen, a resident of nearby Laurel, unresponsive. He had sustained a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The subsequent investigation by homicide detectives uncovered a narrative of a drug transaction that had taken a violent an ...
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  • PGPD Charges Three Suspects in Beltsville Homicide
  • WTOP: 3 arrested after man found fatally shot in car in Prince George’s Co. | WTOP
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