In the early morning hours of November 2, 2008, the quiet of a parking lot on Walters Lane in Forestville, Maryland, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When Prince George's County police officers arrived at the scene around 1:44 a.m., they discovered two men suffering from gunshot wounds. One of the victims, 29-year-old Levar Tyran Jones, was found with a wound to his upper body and was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Nearby, officers
located a second victim, 28-year-old Larry Cornell Johnson. He too had sustained a gunshot wound to his upper body and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. For five days, Johnson fought for his life, but he ultimately succumbed to his injuries on Friday, November 7, 2008. Originally from Saint Leonard in Calvert County, his death marked the second fatality in what had become a double homicide investigation.
In the wake of the deadly shooting, the Prince George's County Police Department's Homicide Unit began an intensive investigation to piece together the events that led to the deaths of the two Calvert County men. Detectives worked to establish a motive for the shooting and to identify any potential suspects.
As the investigation continued, authorities urged anyone with information about the case to come forward. A significant cash reward of up to $25,000 was offered for any tip that would lead to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for the murders of Larry Cornell Johnson and Levar Tyran Jones. Despite the public appeal for assistance and the substantial reward, the case remained a grim and unsolved chapter in the community's history, with no suspects publicly identified or apprehended in connection with the double homicide.
