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Carl Joseph Carpenter

Case from Lexington Park, MD dated Oct 27, 2025

Victim Details

Carl Joseph Carpenter

Male

White / Caucasian

Lexington Park

MD

2025-10-27

38

Carl

Joseph Carpenter

07/23/2026

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On the evening of October 27, 2025, in Lexington Park, Maryland, a verbal altercation outside a residence on Bellevue Court culminated in the shooting death of 38-year-old Carl Joseph Carpenter. A male, Carpenter, a married father of five and a military veteran, was reportedly at the location to pick someone up for work when the fatal encounter occurred.

Deputies from the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the scene around 6:40 p.m. for a report of an assault in progres ...
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  • SoMdNews.com: Update: Gunman in custody after fatal shooting in Lexington Park
  • Southern Maryland News Net: LEXINGTON PARK MURDER: Surveillance Video Shows Wife Giving Gun to Suspect Moments Before Killing Unarmed Man
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