On the afternoon of October 31, 2009, 28-year-old Emanuel William Palmer was found shot inside a vehicle in the 13000 block of Larchdale Road in Laurel, Maryland. The discovery came at about 3:41 p.m.; Palmer, a Washington, D.C. resident, did not survive the attack.

Palmer was a father to two sons, Emanuel W. Jr. and Elias Warren Palmer, and is survived by his mother Rosalind A. Young, his father Bradshaw William Palmer, and his stepfather George O. Gibbs, Jr. Investigators identified a suspect in the homicide, and Darius Jackson, 31, of Oxon Hill, was arrested and charged in connection with Palmer’s death.

The case reinforces the toll of gun violence on families and communities. If anyone has information about events leading up to the shooting or knew Emanuel, please come forward with what was seen or heard that afternoon.