On the afternoon of April 10, 2026, Darian Ragland, a 39-year-old man from Brandywine, was fatally shot in what police have described as a road rage incident in Temple Hills, Maryland. Ragland was reportedly on his way to pick up his 7-year-old daughter from after-school care when the confrontation began about 4:30 p.m. in the 4700 block of Branch Avenue. Charging documents say the dispute started over a failure to merge, the two vehicles paced each other, and the other driver fired multiple shots into Ragland’s vehicle.

Ragland’s car then crossed the median and struck a barrier; he was found inside with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives used a license plate reader, cellphone data and other investigative techniques to identify 33-year-old Polo Shaw of Upper Marlboro as the suspect; the two men were not known to each other. Shaw was taken into custody with help from the Emergency Services Team and has been charged with first- and second-degree murder and related offenses; he is being held without bond and has a court date set for May 18.

Does anyone have information about this shooting or saw the vehicles on Branch Avenue that afternoon?