On the evening of January 4, 2023, 39-year-old Melvin Mayorga Hernandez was found unresponsive in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the 2600 block of Kirkwood Place in Hyattsville, Maryland. Authorities responded to a welfare check at about 5:50 p.m.; Hernandez, a husband and father of three who was born in El Salvador, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Homicide Unit opened an investigation and says he was fatally shot. A GoFundMe organized by his family initially referenced a heart attack but also acknowledged police had determined the cause was a shooting. Detectives are still trying to determine a motive and identify suspects; a reward of up to $25,000 has been offered for information leading to an arrest and indictment. No arrests or suspects have been publicly announced.

If anyone saw activity in the Kirkwood Place area on January 4, 2023, or has information about Melvin Mayorga Hernandez’s death, please share what you know with the Prince George’s County Homicide Unit.