On March 7, 2011, 19-year-old Trayvon Dodson of District Heights was fatally shot during a police-involved confrontation in Landover, Maryland. Three officers — Corporal Herbert Aiken, Corporal Dwayne Smith, and Officer Timothy Hancock — discharged their firearms during the encounter. Dodson was pronounced dead at the scene.

Public reports name Dodson as a suspect in an incident that prompted the police response, but they do not provide detailed accounts of his alleged involvement or a clear sequence of events that led to the use of lethal force.

If anyone witnessed the encounter or has information about what happened that day, please share what is known.