On July 21, 2020, a family argument in the basement bedroom of a home on Gue Road in Damascus, Maryland, ended with 46-year-old Macklin Jimenez shot dead. Macklin, a civilian employee of the Metropolitan Police Department, was in the basement with his wife, their 24-year-old son Jesse Jimenez, and Jesse’s sister when the verbal dispute escalated.

Two 911 calls from inside the house came in at about 10:57 a.m.; responding Montgomery County police found Macklin deceased in the basement bedroom. Officers issued a lookout for Jesse and his vehicle. An officer located the car in the Spencerville area at about 11:13 a.m.; a pursuit followed when Jesse did not stop. He abandoned the vehicle, ran into nearby woods and was captured; a handgun was recovered. Jesse Jimenez was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder.

If anyone knew Macklin or has information about what led to that morning’s confrontation, please share what is known.