PGPD Detectives Charge Suspect in Connection with Temple Hills Murder

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Derrick Edwards​

Detectives with our Homicide Unit have arrested and charged a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Temple Hills in September. The suspect is 26-year-old Derrick Edwards of Temple Hills. He is charged with the murder of 23-year-old Davon Graves of Suitland.

On September 26, 2021, at approximately 7:00 pm, patrol officers responded to the 4500 block of St. Barnabas Road for the report of a shooting. Once on scene, officers located Graves unresponsive in a parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The preliminary investigation revealed the victim and suspect had been in an argument prior to the shooting. Edwards is charged with first- and second-degree murder, and other related charges. He is in the custody of the Department of Corrections. A court commissioner ordered him held on a no-bond status.

If anyone has information relevant to this investigation, they are asked to please call detectives at 301-516-2512. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477), go online at www.pgcrimesolvers.com, or use the “P3 Tips” mobile app (search “P3 Tips” in the Apple Store or Google Play to download the app onto your mobile device.) Please refer to case number 21-0043956.

Disclaimer: In the U.S.A., all persons accused of a crime by the State are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. See: https://so.md/presumed-innocence. Additionally, all of the information provided above is solely from the perspective of the respective law enforcement agency and does not provide any direct input from the accused or persons otherwise mentioned. You can find additional information about the case by searching the Maryland Judiciary Case Search Database using the accused's name and date of birth. The database is online at https://so.md/mdcasesearch . Persons named who have been found innocent or not guilty of all charges in the respective case, and/or have had the case ordered expunged by the court can have their name, age, and city redacted by following the process defined at https://so.md/expungeme.