On the evening of April 22, 2022, gunfire was reported on the 7600 block of Maple Avenue in Takoma Park, Maryland. Officers found 23-year-old Takoma Park resident Ahmadou Bamba Gueye with a gunshot wound; he was transported to a local hospital and died from his injuries. The Takoma Park Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division opened a homicide probe.

Investigators identified 21-year-old Abraham Douglas of Silver Spring as a suspect. Police located Douglas after he had burglarized a residence on the 600 block of Kennebec Avenue and recovered a handgun and a 50-round drum magazine. Douglas had a gunshot wound to a lower extremity and was treated at a hospital. After release from medical care he was charged with murder, burglary, and multiple firearms violations and held without bond.

A jury later convicted Douglas of first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and third-degree burglary; in December 2022 a judge sentenced him to life plus 25 years. If anyone knew Ahmadou or saw activity on Maple Avenue that night, please share what was observed.