Frederico Cruz Ojeda, a 45-year-old Hispanic man, was shot on Thanksgiving evening, November 23, 2023, in the 7100 block of Webster Street in Landover Hills, Maryland. Officers arrived about 7:15 p.m. to find Ojeda with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and later died from his injuries.

Police say the shooting grew out of a dispute between Ojeda and three other individuals who were known to him; the precise nature of that dispute has not been publicly detailed. The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an intensive investigation and, within days, detectives identified and arrested three Lanham residents. On November 27, 2023, 47-year-old Eris Lopez and 20-year-olds Omar Valdez Granados and German Escobar Hernandez were taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder and other related offenses in connection with Ojeda’s death.

Anyone who knew Frederico Cruz Ojeda or has information about the events that night is asked to come forward.