James Alexander Wood Jr. was fatally shot on August 6, 2008, on the 2500 block of Pinebrook Avenue in Landover Hills, Maryland. He was 49, lived on Warner Avenue, and was a husband, father of five and grandfather to three. The community described his death as sudden and tragic.

Authorities arrested 24-year-old Jeffrey Earl Coward Jr. of the 6500 block of Forest Terrace the next day, August 7, 2008. Coward was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Wood’s death. The motive and the circumstances that led to the shooting were left to the subsequent investigation and legal process.

If anyone knew James Wood, his routines, or saw activity on Pinebrook Avenue that day, please share what might help the inquiry.