On the evening of New Year’s Day, 36-year-old rideshare driver Oluwatosin Adetula was shot in a Cottage City, Maryland, parking lot in the 3300 block of Bladensburg Road. Police arrived at about 10:40 p.m. and found Adetula with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and died there on January 7. His family described him as a hardworking new father to a four-month-old baby and a devoted man cherished by loved ones.

Detectives identified 21-year-old Brandon Leonard as the suspect and a warrant was issued. Members of the Prince George’s County Police Department Fugitive Unit located and arrested Leonard in Winchester, Virginia, on January 15. He has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and other related counts and is awaiting extradition to Prince George’s County.

Shell casings were recovered at the scene; motive remains under investigation. Anyone with information about this case is asked to come forward.