On the night of August 19, 2025, 17-year-old Jaril Verde Murillo was walking with two friends along a path near the Foxhall Apartments in Silver Spring, Maryland. At about 11:30 p.m. an unknown assailant opened fire. Murillo was struck and collapsed on University Boulevard East. Emergency responders found him with a gunshot wound; despite life-saving measures he was pronounced dead. An autopsy ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound. His two companions were not physically injured.

Investigators initially had no suspect information. A September 5 shooting in Long Branch Local Park that killed another 17-year-old and critically injured a 21-year-old produced evidence detectives linked to Murillo’s killing. That led to a September 6 search warrant at a Silver Spring residence on 11th Avenue. Police say they found firearms and other evidence tying two men to both shootings; 20-year-old Jhony Steve Rosales Castillo and 18-year-old Juan Carlos Gutierrez-Hernandez were arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder of a minor victim, one count of attempted first-degree murder and additional firearms offenses.

Does anyone have information about Jaril’s last movements that could help clarify what happened that night?