On the night before Thanksgiving, November 25, 2020, a dispute in Capitol Heights, Maryland, ended with the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Jamell McEachern, a Black man. Prince George’s County patrol officers responded about 11:00 p.m. to the 7000 block of Valley Park Road for a reported shooting and found McEachern outside a residence with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators identified 24-year-old Oflen Drake of St. Pauls, North Carolina, as the person alleged to have shot McEachern. The two men were acquainted and the shooting reportedly occurred during a dispute between them. Drake was taken into custody at the scene and charged with first- and second-degree murder and other related counts; a court commissioner ordered he be held at the Department of Corrections without bond.

If anyone witnessed the incident on Valley Park Road that night or has information about the dispute, please share what is known.