SEAT PLEASANT, MD – The Homicide Unit has shared a video of an SUV connected to a fatal shooting that occurred on May 31. The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Joe Louis Washington of Brandywine. At about 8:45 pm, Seat Pleasant Police Department officers responded to a shooting on the 6000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, where they discovered Washington outside with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead shortly after. Additionally, two other adult males suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in the incident.
The video features a white Jeep SUV seen driving around the time of the shooting, both on Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and at the apartment complex where the shooting took place.
For anyone who has information on this case and would like to speak to a detective, the Homicide Unit can be contacted at 301-516-2512. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
