On the morning of May 28, 2015, Pedro Melendez Alvarado, a 50-year-old Hispanic man, was driving to work on northbound I-295 near Exit 1 in Washington, DC, when another vehicle pulled alongside his black SUV and shots were fired into his vehicle. Pedro and his passenger, 56-year-old Miguel A. Rodriguez Carabantes, were both struck and taken to a local hospital. Pedro Melendez Alvarado died of his wounds; Carabantes survived with gunshot injuries.

Detectives initially considered road rage as a possible motive, and the shooting left the family without answers for years. A tip in 2017 redirected the investigation toward a man named Oscar Ramos and suggested a different, more personal motive stemming from a grudge related to events in El Salvador.

If anyone knew Pedro, Miguel Carabantes, their travel routes that morning, or has information about who was in the other vehicle, please come forward.