On the evening of Thursday, February 8, 2024, two-year-old Jeremy Poou-Caceres was fatally wounded while on a walk with his mother, Rose Carceras, near the Bedford Station Apartments on Kanawha Street in Hyattsville, Maryland. The pair were caught in the crossfire of a shootout that investigators say arose from a dispute between two groups reportedly over drug distribution territory. Jeremy’s mother suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police arrested several people in connection with the shooting. Those taken into custody included 33-year-old Israel Fuentes Jr., 28-year-old Johnny Alejandro Turcios, 25-year-old Nilson Granados-Trejo and three teenagers — a 15-year-old from Takoma Park, a 16-year-old from Hyattsville and a 17-year-old from Beltsville — who were charged as adults. A 17-year-old, David Medina, was said to have driven a stolen vehicle used in the incident and later pleaded guilty to his role.

What details about the shootings or the people involved might local readers recall that could help clarify what happened that night?