Eric Charles Bowie was 44 when he was shot and killed in the predawn hours of August 25, 2007. The shooting occurred at about 2:30 a.m. in the 7700 block of Penbrook Place in Landover, Maryland — roughly two blocks from his home on Normandy Road. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene and the Prince George’s County Police Department opened a homicide investigation.

Motive, suspect identities, and arrests have not been publicly reported, and the case remains unresolved. His death is recorded among the county’s homicides for 2007, a reminder of a life ended by violence.

If anyone knew Eric Bowie, was in that neighborhood that night, or has information that could help, please share what you know.