Donnell Fitzgerald Mintz Jr. was 19 when he was shot and killed on the evening of January 30, 2009, in the 7700 block of Starshine Drive in District Heights, Maryland. He suffered a gunshot wound to his upper body, was taken to a nearby hospital, and died shortly afterward.

Prince George’s County police identified 19-year-old Edward Lothorio Towles as a suspect and took him into custody. Investigators described the shooting as occurring during an incident in which Towles was allegedly playing with a handgun and it discharged, striking Mintz. Towles was charged with second-degree murder; court records from 2010 show a conviction for involuntary manslaughter, indicating the death was treated as resulting from gross negligence rather than intentional malice.

Does anyone have additional information about Mintz, his activities that night, or witnesses who were in the 7700 block of Starshine Drive on January 30, 2009?