In the early morning hours of December 19, 2025, police responded to the 6700 block of Botetourt Drive in Fort Washington after reports of a shooting. Officers found 37-year-old Craig Demarco Jackson of Temple Hills suffering from a critical gunshot wound outside a residence. He was taken to a local hospital but died a short time later.

Investigators with the Homicide Unit concluded the shooting was not random and involved people who knew one another. A 41-year-old Fort Washington man, Jonathan Tyrone Howard, was identified as a suspect. Authorities say the encounter grew out of an argument between the two and that, after evidence and witness statements were collected, Howard was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and related offenses; he was being held without bond pending court proceedings.

If anyone knew Craig, Jonathan Howard, or witnessed the incident on Botetourt Drive that night, please come forward with information.