On the evening of May 5, 2006, 16-year-old Cardarius Becton was shot and killed in a parking lot in the 1900 block of South Addison Road near District Heights, Prince George’s County. He had borrowed a friend’s dirt bike and, accompanied by that friend, went out for a ride. The pair encountered a group of three or four men who appear to have intended to rob them of the bike. Cardarius, described by his mother as someone who avoided conflict, and his friend tried to flee when a single gunshot struck Cardarius in the back.

As he fell, Cardarius reportedly urged his friend to run; the friend stayed with him. The two were close and had recently recorded a CD together. Who knew Cardarius, or who might have been in that area that evening and can help bring information forward?