Gregory Schenck Barron Jr. was 33 when he was shot in the 2400 block of Chillum Road in Hyattsville, Maryland, on the night of Thursday, August 28, 2008, at about 11:51 p.m. He was taken to a hospital but died of his wounds at Washington Hospital Center on Friday, August 29, 2008. Barron lived on the 2700 block of Queens Chapel Road, a couple of miles from the shooting site, and was later buried at Quantico National Cemetery after funeral services at Horton Funeral Home.

Investigators pursued the case promptly; on September 17, 2008, authorities arrested 30-year-old Aaron Joseph Roberts of Washington, D.C., in the 5900 block of Martin Luther King Highway. Roberts was charged with first-degree murder in connection with Barron’s death.