Eugene Deondre Jones

Eugene Deondre Jones, a 26-year-old Black man from Oxon Hill, Maryland, was remembered by friends as funny, quiet, and someone who "touched a lot of hearts." Known to some as "Geno" or "Gambeno," his life came to a violent end on a Saturday night in the spring of 2020.

On April 18, 2020, a dispute in a parking lot on Courtney Place in Landover escalated into a fatal shooting. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Prince George's County patrol officers were called to the 7500 block of the street, where they discovered four people suffering from gunshot wounds. Eugene Jones and another man, 24-year-old Pearris Clark of Rockville, were pronounced dead at the scene. The two other victims were transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Homicide detectives immediately began an investigation into the double homicide. Investigators determined that the shooting was not a random act of violence. According to the preliminary investigation, the deadly encounter stemmed from a dispute over an illegal drug transaction.

The investigation quickly led to a suspect. On April 23, 2020, the Prince George's County Police Department announced that they had arrested 27-year-old Uhland Richardson of Upper Marlboro in connection with the shootings. Richardson was charged with first and second-degree murder, as well as other related charges. Following his arrest, he was placed in the custody of the Department of Corrections, where a commissioner ordered him held on a no-bond status as of April 2020.