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On the evening of June 14, 2021, 19-year-old Valdez Rico Baker III was shot in the head while on the basketball court at Chancellor’s Run Regional Park in Great Mills, Maryland. First responders arrived at about 7:07 p.m. and Baker was flown to a trauma center, where he later died of his injuries.

The investigation identified two suspects. On June 23, 2021, James Reginald Flanagan, 24, of Lexington Park, was taken into custody by the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Youth Gun Violence Task Force. The next day, Leonard Charles Hall III, 27, of Lusby, was arrested in Frederick with help from federal and state fugitive teams. Both were charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder; Flanagan also faced a charge of being an accessory after the fact to first-degree murder.

What information do readers have about Baker’s life, his connections in the community, or events at Chancellor’s Run on June 14 that could shed light on what happened?