Sixteen-year-old Jericka Chambers was shot in the head during an argument over a bottle of green tattoo ink at the Empirian Village apartment complex in Greenbelt, Maryland, on May 31, 2010. A high school freshman from Landover, she was taken to the hospital unconscious and died two days later.

Police charged 21-year-old Rydell Estep with first-degree murder after witnesses identified him as the shooter. His twin brother, Darnell Estep, was initially charged when he was accused of hiding the gun and trying to mislead a witness; those charges were later dropped when investigators concluded he had not helped plan the killing. Darnell testified against Rydell at trial.

In September 2011 Rydell Estep was convicted of first-degree murder; in November 2011 a judge sentenced him to life without the possibility of parole plus 30 years. An appeal resulted in a retrial and a subsequent conviction that left the original sentence in place.