On March 4, 2011, 30-year-old Phillip Jared Watson of Washington, D.C., was shot during a dispute that began inside the Surf Club in Edmonston, Maryland, and continued into the club’s parking lot. Watson was found with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a local hospital, and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Prince George’s County Police identified two suspects, 24-year-old Frederick Scott of Hyattsville and 24-year-old Malik Jamar Huff of Hyattsville. Both men were arrested in May 2011; Huff in Prince George’s County and Scott after being located in Las Vegas. Scott was mistakenly released in November 2011 because of a clerical error, then rearrested and held on a $500,000 bond after a bench warrant was issued.

Prosecutors later dropped the murder charges against both Scott and Huff, saying the investigation could not definitively prove who fired the fatal shots. Malik Huff pleaded guilty to first-degree assault for the fight inside the club and received a five-year prison term. No one has been convicted of Phillip Watson’s murder. Does anyone have information about the incident or witnessed the events at the Surf Club that night?