Deniro Monts was 18 when he was fatally shot on May 17, 2020, while on a sidewalk in the 6800 block of Atwood Street in District Heights, Maryland. He was struck by multiple bullets and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Three other people were wounded in the same shooting. The attack was described as not random and Monts lived a few blocks away with his mother and two siblings; a community vigil drew local leaders, friends, and family.

Investigators later developed the case as stemming from an ongoing dispute between Monts and an acquaintance. In November 2021 authorities charged 25-year-old Javon Hines with first-degree murder in Monts’s death and with two counts of attempted first-degree murder in connection with the wounded survivors; Hines was reportedly injured in the incident and was held without bond.

Does anyone have information about Monts, his neighborhood at the time, or the events that led up to May 17, 2020?