A welfare check on a residential block in Capitol Heights, Maryland, in spring 2020 revealed a fatal shooting. Officers responded on the afternoon of Saturday, April 4, to the 800 block of Kayak Avenue and found 31-year-old Solomon Brown outside with gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown was reportedly of no fixed address.

Homicide detectives traced the case to an argument between Brown and a man he knew. Investigators identified 60-year-old Jerald Melton of the 700 block of Larchmont Avenue as a suspect. Within two weeks Melton was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and related offenses in connection with Brown’s death and was being held in the custody of the Department of Corrections.

If anyone saw activity in the Kayak Avenue or Larchmont Avenue area on or around April 4, 2020, or has information about Solomon Brown’s last movements, please share what is known.