On the morning of March 30, 2021, at about 10:00 a.m., patrol officers responded to the 2300 block of Penbrook Circle in Palmer Park, Maryland, for a reported shooting. Officers found 29-year-old Devin Solomon, a Landover resident, in the roadway with gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

About ten minutes after police arrived, two people with gunshot wounds showed up at a local hospital. One was an adult female with non-life-threatening injuries. The other was 26-year-old William Patrick Wells II of Capitol Heights. Wells was treated, released from the hospital, and taken into custody. Investigators say Solomon and Wells knew each other and that a dispute between them escalated into both shooting one another. Wells was arrested and charged in connection with Solomon’s death, including second-degree murder; authorities indicated no further arrests were expected.

If anyone in Palmer Park that morning saw activity on Penbrook Circle or knew either man, any information could help the ongoing investigation.