On the morning of January 20, 2018, Derrick Whittaker, a 27-year-old Black man from Capitol Heights, was shot in the upper body on the 1200 block of Pennypacker Lane in Bowie, Maryland. He was privately transported to a local hospital before Bowie police arrived about 11:45 a.m., but died of his injuries and was pronounced dead. The Prince George’s County Police Department classified the death as a homicide and said investigators believed he may have been specifically targeted rather than the victim of random violence.

Authorities offered a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment, but no arrests have been announced and no suspects have been publicly identified. The investigation is described as open but has since gone cold. Is there anyone who knew Derrick or who was in the Pennypacker Lane area that morning who can help move this case forward?