On the evening of November 26, 2024, 58-year-old Jerome Stocks was found outside a residence on Silverbirch Lane in Laurel, Maryland, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Stocks worked as a male employee for Prince George’s County Public Schools.

Investigators say the shooting was not random. The preliminary investigation identified 31-year-old Darius Jackson of Oxon Hill as a suspect; police allege a dispute between Jackson and a member of Stocks’ family prompted the confrontation. Authorities report Jackson had allegedly damaged that family member’s vehicle and sent threatening messages before returning to the Silverbirch Lane area, where witnesses saw a gray 2021 Nissan Kicks SUV registered to Jackson flee after the shooting.

Jackson was taken into custody by the Prince George’s County Police Department Fugitive Unit less than a day after the killing and has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and related offenses. The investigation remains active; anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.

Did anyone in Laurel see the gray 2021 Nissan Kicks on the night of November 26?