On the night of July 28, 2016, a car crashed into the side of a townhouse in the Bywater Mutual Homes neighborhood of Annapolis, Maryland. Inside the vehicle, 25-year-old Charles Edward Carroll Jr. of Baltimore was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries, the seventh homicide in Annapolis that year.

Carroll, known as Buddah or CJ, was the son of the Rev. Charles Carroll, a local pastor who had been publicly opposing gun violence. His mother, Beverly Reed, said he was loving and caring and was trying to turn his life around after recently earning his high school diploma and expressing plans to start a business. The FBI later joined the investigation and offered up to a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

Investigators later said they believe they know who killed Carroll, that the murder weapon had been recovered, and that information suggested a conspiracy to carry out the killing. As of early 2026 no arrests or charges have been announced and the case remains cold.