On the evening of Monday, February 26, 2024, 23-year-old Malic Quinn Freeland was found unconscious and trapped inside a car that had left the roadway, struck a fence and a large shed at the intersection of Valley Drive and Fox Ridge Road in Lexington Park, Maryland. Firefighters extricated him and he was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries. He died the next day, February 27, 2024. An autopsy was performed at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.

Investigators determined the crash followed Freeland being shot; the death was ruled a homicide. The vehicle, a red Hyundai Elantra, had been reported stolen earlier that day and was recovered within five miles of the scene. A suspect has been identified in connection with the shooting and the case remains under investigation.

If anyone witnessed the events near Valley Drive and Fox Ridge Road on February 26, or has information about the red Hyundai Elantra, please come forward to law enforcement.