In the late hours of a Tuesday evening in Capitol Heights, Maryland, tragedy struck when 18-year-old Reginald Bernard Brown III was fatally wounded in a burst of gunfire. On May 12, 2015, Brown was one of five men shot in front of a home in the 4700 block of Pard Road. The young man, a resident of Southeast, D.C., was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
The other four victims of the shooting sustained injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Authorities from the Prince George's County police department were quick to respond to the scene of the quintuple shooting. In the immediate aftermath, investigators began working to piece together the events that led to the violence. While details were scarce in the initial stages of the investigation, police officials stated that they did not believe the shooting was a random act of violence. They actively worked to establish a motive for the attack and to identify those responsible for the death of Reginald Brown and the injuries to the other men.
In an effort to bring the perpetrator or perpetrators to justice, the police department sought assistance from the public. A significant reward of up to $25,000 was offered for any information that would lead to an arrest and subsequent indictment in the case. Despite the public appeal and the financial incentive for information, there have been no subsequent news reports or public announcements regarding any arrests made or suspects identified in connection with the shooting. The case, as far as publicly available information indicates, remains an unsolved homicide, leaving a family to mourn the loss of a young life cut short by violence.
