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On the night of June 27, 2019, Gregory Allen Bair Knight, 30, was sitting in a vehicle on Columbine Drive in Frederick, Maryland, when someone opened fire. Officers responding to a call about possible shots found Knight mortally wounded by multiple gunshot injuries just before 9:40 p.m. A 27-year-old woman in the passenger seat was also shot multiple times; officers provided lifesaving aid and she was flown to a trauma center in serious condition and survived.
Prosecutors later alleged the shooting was a calculated execution to silence a witness. Authorities tied the homicide to broader gang and narcotics activity, accusing Lavonte Darnell Nash of killing Knight after learning Knight was expected to testify against him in a cocaine distribution case. A multi-agency probe used court-authorized wire intercepts and search warrants; Nash was arrested in late September 2019 on drug-related charges. In December 2023 Nash pleaded guilty, and in February 2024 a judge imposed a life sentence with all but 50 years suspended for first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and related offenses. Charges were later filed against Brandy Nicole Dorsey for allegedly being an accessory after the fact.
Does anyone have information about that night on Columbine Drive or surveillance footage that could help clarify what happened?