On the night of December 6, 2019, 26-year-old Oscar Alaniz-Gurdian of Hyattsville, Maryland, was fatally shot in Landover. Officers found him outside in the 2400 block of Pinebrook Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined Alaniz-Gurdian was not the intended target. He was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire during an armed robbery tied to a drug transaction; the person being robbed was not harmed. Prince George’s County police arrested five suspects: 18-year-old Denilso Diaz Salamanca, 19-year-old Williamz Diaz Salamanca, 17-year-old Elda Benavides, 18-year-old Anthony Gomez-Marin, and 21-year-old Cristian Mendez. Benavides was charged as an adult. All five faced first-degree murder, second-degree murder, armed robbery and related charges and were held without bond.

Did anyone in the Landover area see activity in the 2400 block of Pinebrook Avenue that night or have information about the robbery that led to this shooting?