On the afternoon of March 21, 2020, 38-year-old Damaris Lindsey of Washington D.C. was shot while driving northbound on Interstate 295 near the exit for eastbound Route 50 in Cheverly, Maryland. Officers found Lindsey in the driver’s seat of a van that had struck a guardrail; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.

Investigators concluded Lindsey had been specifically targeted. In June 2020 homicide detectives identified and arrested two suspects from Southeast Washington D.C.: 18-year-old Javelle McClary and 25-year-old Davonte Brothers. Both were charged with first- and second-degree murder plus additional related counts. McClary was held without bond at the Department of Corrections; Brothers was taken into custody in Washington D.C. and awaited extradition to Prince George’s County.

Lindsey is remembered as a devoted father who was deeply loved. If anyone has information about the shooting or Lindsey’s last movements on March 21, please come forward.