Brianna Pauline Burton, 24, was shot and killed and died after being taken to a hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sunday, April 27, 2025. First responders arrived about 7:20 a.m. after a man dropped her off at the emergency room and left before police arrived. Brianna, a resident of Centreville, Virginia, was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.

Investigators determined the shooting occurred in Prince George’s County and identified the man who brought her to the hospital as 32-year-old boyfriend Rogerio Palma of College Park from surveillance footage and witness accounts; Brianna’s father also recognized Palma in the security images. Detectives believe the fatal shooting took place at Palma’s residence in College Park. Palma was arrested by the Prince George’s County Police Department Fugitive Unit on April 29, 2025, and charged with first- and second-degree murder and other related offenses; he is being held by the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections as the investigation continues.

Brianna is remembered by family as a devoted mother, a student of civil engineering at Virginia Tech and George Mason University, and a working civil engineer described as kind and full of life. If anyone has information about Brianna, her movements that morning, or the events at the College Park residence, please share what you know.