On the early morning of September 29, 2023, 27-year-old Mariah Termetrice Logan was killed in White Plains, Maryland. She was inside a business in the 4700 block of Crain Highway when a dispute between two groups moved outside. After two men exited the building, gunfire erupted. A stray bullet passed through the business and struck Logan, an innocent bystander.

Paul Ernest Fleming, 36, who had also been struck outside, died at the same hospital as Logan. Detectives from the Charles County Sheriff’s Office arrested 45-year-old James Fred Coffen later that day and charged him with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and other offenses in connection with the deaths. Coffen was being held at the Charles County Detention Center pending court proceedings. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone was at the business that night or has information about the altercation, please come forward.