DaJuad Rae’heim Townsend, 24, was shot and killed in the backyard of a residence in the 600 block of Smith Street in Salisbury, Maryland, on the late afternoon of July 15, 2025. Officers responding to a shots-fired call around 5:35 p.m. found Townsend suffering from an apparent gunshot wound; he was treated by emergency personnel but was pronounced dead while en route to the hospital.

The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is leading the investigation with assistance from the Salisbury Police Department and the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office. The day after the shooting, investigators arrested 18-year-old Jonathan Leross Jobe of Salisbury. Jobe was charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and other firearm-related offenses; he was already being held at the Wicomico County Detention Center on an unrelated warrant at the time of the murder arrest. The investigation remains active.

If anyone saw activity around Smith Street on July 15 or has information about Townsend’s death, please share what is known.