On the late summer evening of August 19, 2025, Leon Grant Jr., a 39-year-old Black man from Salisbury who had been staying in Columbia, was fatally shot at about 10:35 p.m. in a parking lot off Dove Sail Lane and Merriweather Drive near the Merriweather Post Pavilion. Witnesses told police Grant was entering his vehicle when an unidentified male suspect approached, fired multiple close-range shots, and fled. Officers found Grant inside the vehicle with several gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Howard County investigators described the killing as a deliberate, targeted attack and said there was no ongoing threat to the community. Authorities announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest, but in the days and weeks after the shooting no suspect description was released and no arrests had been announced. Grant, known as Lukk, is remembered as a father.

If anyone has information about what happened that night or saw activity near Dove Sail Lane and Merriweather Drive around 10:30 p.m., please come forward.