January 14, 2022 UPDATE: Latres Javontae Cockerham, age 23 of California, has been arrested in connection with the shooting and murder and charged with the following:
Murder
First Degree
Murder
Second Degree
Attempted
First Degree Murder (5 counts)
Attempted
Second Degree Murder (5 counts)
Numerous Handgun Charges and Assault Charges
January
13, 2022 UPDATE: The deceased victim has been identified as Joseph James Oakes,
age 19 of Lexington Park.
On
Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 3:21 p.m. deputies from the St. Mary’s County
Sheriff’s Office responded to the 21400 block of Pegg Road, in the area of
Westbury Boulevard in Lexington Park, for the reported shooting. Deputies
arrived on scene and located two male victims suffering from gunshot wounds.
Lifesaving measures were attempted, but a 19-year-old victim from Lexington
Park, was pronounced deceased on scene. A 17-year-old victim, also from
Lexington Park, was flown to an area trauma center for treatment. Detectives
and crime lab personnel from the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office Criminal
Investigations Division responded to the scene and continued the investigation.
Preliminary
investigation determined the victims were traveling in a vehicle in the area of
Pegg Road and Watt Drive in Lexington Park when they were shot. The vehicle
continued onto Westbury Boulevard and ultimately came to a rest after striking
the median.
Anyone
with information on this incident is asked to contact Detective Taylore Nauman
at (301) 475-4200 extension 78109.
Citizens
may remain anonymous and contact Crime Solvers at (301) 475-3333, or text a tip
to “TIP239” plus their message to “CRIMES” (274637). Through the Crime Solvers
Program tipsters are eligible for an award of up to $1,000 for information
about a crime in St. Mary’s County that leads to an arrest or indictment.
