On Sunday afternoon, January 30, 2022, 42-year-old master electrician and father of six Charles Harrison Marks IV was driving his white cargo van northbound on I-95 in Elkridge, Maryland after a work training. At about 3:40 p.m. near Route 100 an encounter with another driver is believed to have occurred and a gunshot was fired through the open driver’s side window, striking Marks. His van left the roadway and hit a guardrail; he was the sole occupant. He was taken to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and died the next day.

Maryland State Police quickly classified the death as a homicide and the case is with their Homicide Unit. Witnesses reported a blue four-door smaller sedan driving erratically near Marks’ van before the crash, but no one reported seeing a firearm or muzzle flash. No arrests have been announced and police have not released a motive. A reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

If anyone saw the blue sedan or has information about the incident, please come forward to investigators.