In the early hours of February 11, 2023, 17-year-old Daiwo Flomo of Riverdale was found inside a car on the 7200 block of Parkwood Street in Landover Hills with a gunshot wound. First responders pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators believe the shooting took place at the intersection of Fairwood Road and Parkwood Street; Flomo, who was driving, continued a short distance after being shot before crashing his vehicle.

Police say the victim and the suspect were strangers. According to charging documents, the suspect, 27-year-old Charles Edwards of Hyattsville, told officers a car had pulled up behind him while he was parked outside his home. He said someone approached his driver’s side, then retreated to their vehicle and drove away; Edwards admitted to following that car, pulling up alongside it and firing a single shot when the occupants did not roll down their window.

Edwards was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and related counts and is being held without bond. Anyone who has information about the shooting or knew Daiwo is asked to come forward.