On the night of February 19, 2022, 21-year-old Jonathan Jamison Jr of Laurel, Maryland, was found mortally wounded inside the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had crashed into a house on the 6900 block of Forest Terrace in Hyattsville. Police were called about 10:25 p.m. for what first appeared to be a single-car accident; medical personnel pronounced Jamison dead at the scene after officers discovered he had sustained gunshot wounds to his upper body.

Investigators concluded the collision was the aftermath of a shooting tied to a meeting arranged for a drug transaction. Detectives identified 35-year-old Preston Hollis Jr of Landover as the person who shot Jamison. Hollis was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and other offenses and was held without bond in the Department of Corrections pending legal proceedings. The two men were known to each other before the encounter.

Friends and family remember Jonathan, known as little Jay, as sweet, respectful, and kindhearted, ambitious and protective of his younger sister and mother. Does anyone who knew Jonathan or saw activity around Forest Terrace that night have information to share?