On the evening of April 5, 2018, 47-year-old Jamie Lee Crossland was found at a residence on Benson Drive in Rawlings, Maryland, suffering from a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. Responding officers from the Allegany County Sheriff’s Office, Maryland State Police and Maryland Natural Resources Police performed immediate aid, and an ambulance from the Cresaptown Volunteer Fire Department arrived, but Jamie Crossland was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators with the Allegany County Combined Criminal Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at the home and recovered a 20-gauge shotgun believed to be the weapon. According to interviews, Jamie’s brother, 45-year-old Keith William Crossland, told police he had retrieved the shotgun intending to shoot a squirrel inside the house; he said the firearm discharged when Jamie intervened. Keith Crossland was taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment. Jamie’s body was sent to the Maryland State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.

Are there local witnesses or additional details about what happened inside the house that evening?