On the night of February 23, 2023, 31-year-old Eugene Gino Smith was shot as he was leaving the DMV All Skate Social skating rink on Branch Avenue in Temple Hills, Maryland. Officers found Smith with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The shots came from a silver sedan parked in front of the rink. Smith owned a security company, Eugenius Protection, and at the time he had several officers working at the rink; he had reportedly stopped by to handle payroll and was not on duty himself.

Following the shooting, investigators sought to determine whether Smith had been specifically targeted. The community held a candlelight vigil at the rink, remembering him as a dedicated family man with five children and as someone who worked as a violence interrupter. On March 16, 2023, Omar Delonte Smith, 27, was arrested in Richmond, Virginia, and charged with first- and second-degree murder; he was identified as a former security guard who had been fired by Eugene Smith and was awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County.

If anyone has information about Eugene Smith, the events that night, or his work at the rink, please share what you know.