Do you know who killed Joshua Carroll and Okasha Hawkins in 2011?
In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in May 2011, the quiet neighborhood of Forest Heights, Maryland, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police arrived at the 600 block of Modoc Lane at approximately 1:50 a.m., they discovered the bodies of two young men. One of the victims was 23-year-old Joshua Jamar Carroll of Southeast Washington.
The scene that unfolded was a grim tableau; one man lay in the street while the other was found in a nearby yard. Residents reported hearing a chilling sequence of events – a few gunshots, a brief pause, and then another volley of shots that ended the lives of Joshua Carroll and 22-year-old Okasha M. Hawkins, who lived on the street where the shooting occurred. The motive for the double homicide remained unclear to investigators in the immediate aftermath.
The sudden and violent nature of the incident left the community in shock. A neighbor who had lived in the area for decades described the neighborhood as typically quiet, making the slayings all the more unsettling. While the Prince George's County Police Department investigated the case, no information regarding any arrests or the identification of any suspects has been made publicly available. The case of who killed Joshua Carroll and Okasha Hawkins remains unresolved.
