Michelle Jordan Cummings, 57, of Houston, Texas, was killed by a stray bullet on June 29, 2021, while seated on the patio of the Graduate Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland. She was visiting for her son’s induction into the U.S. Naval Academy and was with her husband and another couple when shots fired from nearby Pleasant Street struck her; the bullets were aimed at two other individuals who were not hit.

Investigators quickly identified and arrested a suspect two weeks after the shooting. The suspect faced charges that included murder and attempted murder; prosecutors said he had multiple prior convictions, pending cases, and had removed an ankle monitor about a month before the incident.

Michelle Cummings was in town for a family celebration when a random act of gun violence took her life. If anyone was nearby at the Graduate Hotel on the night of June 29, 2021, or has information about the shooting, please come forward.