On the morning of May 30, 2021, 27-year-old Raphael Taper of District Heights was found outside on the 7700 block of Marlboro Pike suffering from gunshot wounds. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene just before noon. Investigators report the shooting followed a verbal dispute and that Taper and the shooter were known to one another.

Within days the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit identified a suspect. On June 1, 2021, 35-year-old Deandre Abbott of Washington, D.C., was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree murder, armed carjacking, and related weapons offenses in connection with Taper’s death. Police asked anyone with additional information to come forward.

Are there details about the dispute or witnesses on Marlboro Pike that could help clarify what happened that morning?