On the morning of December 29, 2018, patrol officers in Beltsville, Maryland, conducted a welfare check on the 11300 block of Evans Trail and found 38-year-old David Ruen of Laurel inside a car, unresponsive from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detectives concluded the shooting occurred during a robbery connected to an illegal drug transaction.

Investigators identified three men in connection with the case: 44-year-old Kawanta Adams and 43-year-old Tarik Revel, both of Beltsville, and 43-year-old Clinton Revel of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. All three were charged with first-degree murder and robbery; Adams and Tarik Revel were held at the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections, while Clinton Revel was taken into custody in North Carolina pending extradition.

If anyone knew David or has information about the robbery that led to his death, please come forward.