Malik Buhari, 30, was fatally shot in Parkville, Maryland, during the early morning hours of July 21, 2026. Baltimore County police were called to the 8500 block of Chestnut Oak Road at about 1 a.m. after reports of gunfire. Buhari was found with multiple gunshot wounds, taken to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

According to charging documents, Buhari had been at the home of a woman he was involved with when she began receiving repeated calls from her former partner, identified as Roderick Gardner Jr. At about 12:40 a.m. Buhari answered a call from Gardner, an argument followed and Buhari left the residence. He walked toward the intersection of Chestnut Oak Road and White Oak Avenue, where he encountered two others identified only by the initials or nicknames D and J. The woman followed and tried to get Buhari to return inside. She told investigators Gardner approached, pushed her aside, produced a handgun and chased Buhari while firing; Buhari was struck multiple times and collapsed in a front yard.

Detectives cited cellphone records and surveillance footage they say placed Gardner at the scene and showed him fleeing after the shooting.

If anyone knew Malik, the people he spent time with that night, or has information about the incident, please share what is known.