On the evening of August 9, 2022, 53-year-old Anthony Charles Wright was found in the parking lot behind a laundromat on the 21600 block of Great Mills Road in Lexington Park, Maryland, after being shot multiple times. Deputies from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office and first responders performed life-saving measures and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Witnesses at the scene identified a man as the shooter and said he ran toward a nearby shopping center. Within minutes of the initial call, law enforcement identified 46-year-old Malcolm Carl Young of Forestville as the person responsible. Officers took Young into custody at the scene and transported him to the St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center. He was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, and multiple firearms offenses, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The motive and sequence of events leading up to the shooting have not been detailed in reports. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about Wright’s movements that evening, please share what is known.