On the late evening of Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 18-year-old Olamide Olakanye of Upper Marlboro was fatally shot in Prince George’s County. Officers responding about 11:20 p.m. to reports of a shooting and a single-vehicle crash on the 5300 block of Sheriff Road found Olakanye inside a car with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died a short time later.

Investigators determined the shooting occurred earlier on the 1200 block of Dunbar Oaks Drive; after being wounded he drove away and later crashed in a wooded area along Sheriff Road. Authorities have said they do not believe the shooting was random. Detectives are working to establish a motive and identify suspects; no arrests or persons of interest have been publicly named. A reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment.

Olakanye, also known as Stephen, was a senior at Charles Herbert Flowers High School and had planned to study IT at Towson University. If anyone has information about the shooting or what led to Olakanye being on Dunbar Oaks Drive that night, please come forward.