Shortly after midnight on September 29, 2023, a dispute at a business in the 4700 block of Crain Highway in White Plains, Maryland, ended in gunfire that killed 36-year-old Paul Ernest Fleming. The altercation began inside the establishment between Fleming and another man, later identified as 45-year-old James Fred Coffen; both men exited the building before shots were fired and Fleming was struck.

A stray bullet also penetrated the building and fatally wounded 27-year-old Mariah Termetrice Logan, who was inside. Emergency responders arrived at about 12:02 a.m.; both victims were taken to a local hospital and later pronounced deceased.

Detectives located and arrested James Fred Coffen at a residence later that morning; he was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and other related offenses and is being held at the Charles County Detention Center awaiting a court appearance. A second person, 54-year-old Dominique Alonza Stewart, was later arrested in Virginia and also charged in the double shooting.

Did anyone in the White Plains area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?