Carlos Rashard Carter, 20, was shot and killed inside his family’s home on Old Columbia Pike in Silver Spring in the pre-dawn hours of Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023. An intruder wearing a mask forced entry through a rear door, kicked down Carter’s bedroom door and opened fire. Carter fled the room but collapsed before his mother and siblings; first responders found him about 3:22 a.m. and he died after being taken to a hospital.

Investigators focused on a suspect identified by family as KB, later named Kaleab Abebe Berhanu, 20, of Baltimore. Detectives tied the motive to a long-standing dispute dating back to a reported robbery years earlier and linked Berhanu to a separate shooting that had left a friend of Carter’s paralyzed. An arrest warrant led to Berhanu’s arrest on May 4, 2023, on charges including first-degree murder, home invasion and firearm offenses.

The killing occurred in front of Carter’s mother, and the case left a clear and lasting impact on his family. If anyone knew Carlos, his movements that night, or has information about the incident, please share what you can.