On the evening of February 11, 2021, 23-year-old security guard Riyadh Al Janabi was ambushed and fatally shot while on duty at an apartment complex in Riverdale, Maryland. He was sitting in his car in the parking lot when the assailant shot him twice in the face, stole his vehicle and left him gravely wounded. First responders found him on the pavement; he was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly thereafter.

Prince George’s County Police investigators identified 24-year-old Desmond Mbah of Bowie as a suspect. The preliminary investigation described the motive as a carjacking; Al Janabi’s stolen four-door sedan was recovered. After his arrest, Mbah reportedly confessed to the shooting and was charged with murder, carjacking and related firearm offenses and held without bond.

What information do readers have about Riyadh’s life, his work as a security guard, or the Riverdale area around that time that might help explain how this ambush occurred?