On New Year’s Day 2024, around 3:50 a.m., gunfire at a party in the 7500 block of Blanford Drive in Fort Washington, Maryland, left 21-year-old Jarreau Sanders with fatal injuries. Jarreau, a Black/African American man from Bowie, was one of three people shot; two other victims, a male and a female, survived. Jarreau was driven to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Jarreau was studying business management, had played basketball on a partial scholarship at Cairn University, planned to transfer to Prince George’s Community College, and worked at Home Depot. His family remembers him as a beloved son and grandson; his grandmother recalled he often rode along on her DoorDash deliveries to spend time with her. The Prince George’s County Police Homicide Unit is investigating, has offered up to a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment, and reports no arrests so far.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Jarreau, please share what you know with investigators.