In the early hours of Monday, September 5, 2022, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of a convenience store on the 7700 block of 23rd Avenue near University Boulevard East in Hyattsville. Responding officers found 44-year-old Roberto Santos-Melendez of Hyattsville suffering from gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene just before 1 a.m.

Within days investigators arrested three people in connection with the killing: 43-year-old Carol Garcia-Rivas, 24-year-old Deandre Smith, and 33-year-old Abdi Omar. All three were charged with first- and second-degree murder and other related offenses and were held at the Department of Corrections without bond.

Does anyone have information about Santos-Melendez’s movements that night or about the incident in that parking lot?