Cornell Young, 22, was shot and killed during a daylight robbery in Annapolis on October 14, 2021, the day after his 22nd birthday. Young and a friend had driven to a parking lot on Pleasant Street around 1 p.m. when the meeting proved to be a setup. A man identified as Shammond Taylor reportedly emerged from another vehicle with a handgun while two others, Kenon Jackson and Jaonte Coates, moved in to rob Young and his companion. Jackson allegedly grabbed the friend’s backpack and Coates searched Young’s car. Young was shot multiple times after struggling to disarm Taylor and later died at a hospital.

Annapolis police traced a cell phone left at the scene to Taylor and used surveillance footage showing the incident in their investigation. All three men were arrested and charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and weapons offenses. Jackson and Coates entered Alford pleas to first-degree murder and received prison terms of 25 years and 20 years respectively. Taylor was convicted by a jury on multiple counts including felony first-degree murder and received a life sentence in the spring of 2023.

Did anyone who knew Cornell or who was in the Pleasant Street area that afternoon see anything that could add detail to the timeline?