A midday shooting on January 25, 2021, in Landover ended with the death of 39-year-old James Allen Simon Jr. of Clinton, Maryland. Police were summoned to the 2100 block of East Spring Place just before noon for reports of gunfire and a vehicle collision. Officers found a car that had struck a house and Simon in the driver’s seat with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital but died a few hours later. No one inside the house was hurt.

Investigators say the Homicide Unit pursued leads and identified two suspects, 26-year-old Davelle Brooks of Landover and 31-year-old Braint Proctor of Cheverly, who were arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related offenses; a court commissioner ordered they be held without bond. The motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

If anyone in the neighborhood that day saw the crash, the shooting, or has information about Simon’s movements before noon on January 25, please come forward.