On May 22, 2021, at about 11:36 p.m. in La Plata, Maryland, 18-year-old Jazmiah Zyri Nelson was shot while riding a four-wheeler with two acquaintances near the townhouses in the 600 block of Pomonkey Way. An unknown assailant or assailants opened fire; Nelson was struck in the upper body, flown to a Baltimore hospital, and died several hours later. A second female on the vehicle was grazed and treated at a local hospital before release; a third person was uninjured.

Charles County detectives launched a homicide investigation and said from early on they did not believe the shooting was random, but they have not disclosed a motive or identified persons of interest. A cash reward for information was offered and increased to $7,500 and later to $10,000.

If anyone has information about that night or Jazmiah’s movements near Pomonkey Way, please contact investigators.